8th Standard Social (Ancient Civilization of the World )

 

Class 8 Ancient Civilization of the World

 

I. Complete the following Sentences.

1. Hieroglyphics a re called Sacred Writings

2. The kings who ruled Egypt are called Pharaoh

3. The Greeks referred to Mesopotamia as Land between the rivers

4. The most famous king of the Amorites is Hammurabi

 

II. Match the following.

A	B
1. Hwang Ho River	d. China
2. Cuneiform	a. Mesopotamia
3. Cleopatra	e. The last Egyptian Queen
4. Hammurabi	b. King of the Amorites
5. Chinese dynasty	c. Shang

 

III. Answer in brief of the following

1. How are ‘Mummies’ preserved?
Ans: The Egyptian people believed that life on earth is temporary and needed only to prepare for the next life. So they preserved the dead body by smearing various chemicals and wrapped with a thin cloth. The entire body was protected in this way and preserved for a long time. The protected dead body was called “Mummy”. It would be kept in a specially designed coffin.

 

2. Write a paragraph on the pyramids
Ans: The Egyptians constructed the graves in the desert area of the river banks Nile. Tall towers were built on these graves using huge blocks of stone. The Egyptians considered the graves as the true places for man. By keeping different things that they have used during their lifetime they built these graves of huge size. The Greeks called them as Pyramids.

 

3. How was ‘Hwang Ho River’ China’s sorrow?
Ans: On the river banks of Hwang Ho, the ancient Chinese civilization was flourishing. But this Hwang Ho river caused heavy damage to that civilization regularly through its floods.

After the floods, this river changed its course in an unpredictable manner and inundated houses and agricultural lands. It would render all the canals useless. So the people of that area called the symbol of sorrow.