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D VIDYA SCHOOL, NOIDA

UNIT TEST -1
SESSION 2018-19
CLASS-XI
SUBJECT-HISTORY
SET B
TIME: 1 ½ HOURS M.M:50
General Instructions:

 Answer all the questions. Marks are indicated against each question.
 Answer to question 1 to 3 carry 2 marks should not exceed 30 words each.
 Answer to question 4 to 10 carry 4 marks should not exceed 100 words each.
 Answer to question 11 and 12 carry 8 marks should not exceed 350 words each.

PART A
1) Write about the geographical condition of Mesopotamia. (2)
2) Why do Hazdas keep changing their sites and location of camps? (2)
3) What are the major differences between Homo and Australopithecus? (2)
PART B
4) How are the hunter gatherer societies of the past different from the present? (4)
5) What is referred as Paleolithic period? Write any two characteristics of this (4)
period.
6) Elaborate the features of the earliest known temples in Mesopotamia. (4)
7) When was the first Mesopotamians tablet written and what does it contain? (4)
8) What was the family structure of the Mesopotamians? (4)
9) Explain why leaders encouraged the settlement of villagers close to (4)
themselves.
10) What were the reasons for the prosperity of the town of Mari? (4)
PART C
11) Discuss the development of tool making technology among early humans. (8)
12) Mesopotamian society cultures were thus open to different people and (8)
cultures. Explain