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Name: __________________ Class: _________ Date: _______________

Part I – Multiple Choice Questions


Choose the most appropriate answer, A, B, C or D for each of the following
questions and circle it.

1. Items or objects that are left behind by people who lived a long time ago
are called ___________
A. ornaments C. evidence
B. artefacts D. sources

2. One kind of evidence that people still alive can remember and talk about is
called ________________.evidence.

A. oral C. written evidence


B. pictorial D. everyday items

3. The 4th century BCE is from ___________________.

A. 401 to 500 BCE C. 400 to 501 BCE


B. 300 to 400 BCE D. 301 to 400 BCE

4. The Shang civilisation can be found in the present-day cities of


__________.
A. Funan amd Amoy C. Anyang and Luoyang
B. Longshan and Yangshao D. Mohenjo-Daro and Harrappa

5. One decade is a period of _______________.


A. 1000 years C. 50 years
B. 100 years D. 10 years

Sequencing (10 marks)


Arrange the following in chronological order such that the earliest period is
numbered ‘1’ and the latest period ‘5’.

Time Period
(a) Collapse of the Mauryan empire in 184 BCE.
(b) Powerful kingdoms and wealthy cities were built on the Ganges Plain
by 600
BCE.

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(c) Rule by Harsha in North India around AD 606.

(d) Defeat of the Pallava kingdom by the Chola kingdom in AD 891.

Questions with One-Sentence Answers


Answer the following questions in COMPLETE SENTENCES on a foolscap
paper.

1. What is a primary source?

2. Give one factor that contributed to the rise of Oc-eo as a major port city in
Funan.

3. Why was India easily attacked by foreign powers in the ancient times?

4. How did a king control his large empire?

5. What is a feudal system?

Answer the following question on a piece of foolscap paper.

2. Birth of Civilizations

a. What are civilizations? [3m]

b. Explain how villages are formed. [3m]

c. Why was being closed to water important for the rise of [4m]
civilizations?
d. The people of South East Asia gained from foreign traders. Explain [5m]
how they benefited?

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