class 6, Geography ALL ABOUT GLOBE 1.What is a Globe? 2.What is the shape of Earth? Earth is not exactly sphere or round.It is little pressed at the two poles and bulged in the middle. 3. Why do we need Globe? Globe is the exact three dimensional representation of Earth.It clearly shows the location of…
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class 6 Culture and Scientific world
Class 6, History 1. Write a few lines about the trade expansion of India with other parts of countries? · Port cities were developed along the Indian coastline. · By 200 BCE, India traded with Greece, Rome, Arab countries, China, Southeast Asia, Africa both through sea and land routes. · Indian-Rome trade flourished during Augustus…
class 6 Contact with other parts of world
Class 6, History 1. Write a few lines about the trade expansion of India with other parts of countries? · Port cities were developed along the Indian coastline. · By 200 BCE, India traded with Greece, Rome, Arab countries, China, Southeast Asia, Africa both through sea and land routes. · Indian-Rome trade flourished during Augustus…
class 6 Gupta period
class 6, History 1. Explain in short about the structure of the Gupta Period? · After ruling hundreds of years, Great Kushan empire of North, collapsed and broke into small kingdoms. · One dynasty who became rival in Kushan in size and strength was Gupta. · During the Kushan period, Magadha (modern Bihar) lost its…
class 6 Mauryan Empire
Class 6, History 1. Empires are large kingdoms 2. Powerful growth of Empires was between 322 BCE and 185 BCE 3. Chandragupta Maurya was founder of Mauryan Empire 4. Chandragupta Maurya became Jain Monk during last years of his life 5. Chief advisor and trusted minister is Chanakya 6. Original name of Chanakya is Kautilya 7. Chanakya was previous minister to last Nandha ruler 8. Strong…
class 6 Janapadas and New Kingdom
class 6, History 1. People lived together in tribes called as Janas 2. Each tribe had a leader/ ruler called as Rajan 3. As the population increased group of tribes constituted a village called Grama 4. Gramas became large territories called as Janapadas 5. In later Vedic period, powerful men declared themselves as Rajans of Janapadas 6. Some sites of this period are Purana Qila in Delhi,…
class 6 New Ideas and New Religion
Class 6, History 1. By the 6th Century BCE, Vedic philosophy lost its purity due to varna ( caste divided society) 2. What are the causes that led to the rise of new religions? · The Brahim priest were performing expensive rituals and killed the livestock in the name of sacrifices. This led to oppression…
class 6 vedic period
class 6, Social studies 1. After Bronze age, came the Iron age 2. The three system for classifying prehistoric societies are Stone age, Bronze age, Iron age 3. Religious texts written by Aryans ( group of people) are Vedas. Vedas are sacred 4. Vedas are recited orally by teachers and memorised by the students, and these are transferred from…
class 6 Advent of urbanisation
Class 6, Social Studies 1. What is Civilization? When the human society reached an advanced stage of social development and organisation it is known as Civilization 2. What is Civilised society? A Civilised society has the highly developed form of government, culture, industry, common social norms etc. 3. Why do early civilisation developed near rivers?…
class 6 The agriculturist – Neolithic age
Class 6, Social studies 1. During Neolithic age, people transformed from hunters to farmers. 2. In Neolithic age, they settled down in one place and domesticated animals. 3. During Neolithic age, wheel was discovered. 4. Some important sites of Neolithic age in Indian subcontinent is Chirand, Hallur, Mehrgarh, Burzahom, Paiyampalli. 5. Early humans practised organic farming 6. Early humans cultivated Wheat, Oats, Barley…