Q1. What does a
Cartographer do?
Ans. A Cartographer makes maps.
Q2. What are the
two main sects of Islam?
Ans. The two main sects of Islam are Shia and Sunni.
Q3. Who was
Al-Idrisi?
Ans. Al-Idrisi was the
Arab geographer who made map in 1154 CE.
Q4. What do you
mean by archive?
Ans. Archive is a place where documents and manuscripts are stored.
Q5. Who was
called the patron?
Ans. A patron is an influential, wealthy individual who supports another
person – an artiste, a craftsperson, a learned man, or a noble.
Q6. Who used the
term ‘Hindustan’ for the first time and when?
Ans. Minhaj-i-Siraj, a
chronicler used the term
‘Hindustan’ for the first time in the thirteenth century.
Q7. Who were
scribes?
Ans. Scribes were the people who copied manuscripts by hand before the
invention of automatic printing.
Q9. How did
scribes copy down the manuscripts? What was its drawback?
Ans. There was no printing press in those days so scribes copied
manuscripts by hand. As scribes copied
manuscripts, they also introduced small changes – a word here, a sentence
there.
Q1. List some
of the technological changes associated with this period.
Ans. Some of the technological changes associated with this period were the
Persian wheel in irrigation,
the spinning wheel in weaving, and firearms in combat.
Q2. What does
the term pan-regional empire mean?
Ans. Pan regional empire means empire spanning diverse regions. Dynasties like theCholas, Khaljis, Tughluqs and Mughals were able to build an empire that was
pan-regional.
Q3.Which century
marked the beginning of the medieval period? Why?
Ans. The eighth century
is taken as the beginning of the medieval period because society, economy,
politics, religion and culture underwent many changes during this century.
Q4. What do you
know about jati panchayat?
Ans. Jatis framed their
own rules and regulations to manage the conduct of their members. These
regulations were enforced by an assembly of elders, described in some areas as
the jati panchayat.
Q5. What was
the extent of Delhi Sultan Ghiyasuddin Balban's empire?
Ans. Delhi Sultan Ghiyasuddin Balban's empire stretched from Bengal (Gauda)
in the east to Ghazni (Gajjana) in Afghanistan in the west and included all of
south India (Dravida).
Q6. How
Brahmanas earned lot of respect in the society?
Ans. Their knowledge of
Sanskrit texts earned the Brahmanas a lot of respect in society. Their dominant
position was consolidated by the support of their patrons – new rulers
searching for prestige.
Q7. How do
Sunni and Shia Muslims differ?
Ans. There were the Shia Muslims who believed that the Prophet Muhammad’s
son-in-law, Ali, was the legitimate leader of the Muslim community, and the
Sunni Muslims who accepted the authority of the early leaders (Khalifas) of the
community, and the succeeding Khalifas.
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