History (chapter 9 and 11)

Geography (Chapter 5 and 6

Worksheet.
Q1: Fill in the blanks.
1. The Bactrians Greeks invaded the Mauryans land in 183 BC.
2. The Shakas invaded the Mauryans land in 90 BC.
3. The Parthians invaded the Mauryans land in 50 BC.
4. The Kushan invaded the Mauryans land in 40 AD.
5. The Shakas sent ambassadors to Rome in 25 BC.
6. A new dynasty, the Sassanians, had emerged in 230 AD, in the area of
Persia.
7. The Shakas, Parthians, and White Huns entered the subcontinent through
mountain passes.
8. Buddhist monks imported herbs for making medicines.
9. The 6th century AD, a disease, bubonic plague killed thousands of people in
Constantinople.
10. A group of sixteen rows of men, which could move more quickly than Greek
soldiers is called Phalanx.
11. With the help of sunlight, the carbon dioxide and the moisture from
carbohydrates (food) for plant. This process is photosynthesis.
12. Moisture evaporates out of the leaves into the air as water vapour. The
process is called transpiration.
13. The water vapour helps to produce rainfall.
14. Brazil has over 50,000 species of plants, the largest number in any country
in the world.
15. Orangutans are now found only in the tropical rainforest in Sumatra.
16. 63% of the tropical rainforest in South Asia has been cut down.
17. In Sabah, East Malaysia, 50% of its forest has been cleared to making oil
palm plantation.
18. The Kushans sent ___________________ to China and Rome.
19. Sirkap means __________________________.
20. King Menander ruled from about ___________ BC to _________________
BC.
21. Demetrios II built a new capital at ____________________.
 22. Kaniska’s two capitals were at ______________________.
23. Gandhara was the center of ___________________ empire.
24. Kanishka’s winter capital was at __________________.
25. Kanishka’s summer capital was at __________________.
26. King Menander was a wise ruler of the ________________ kings.
Q1: Define Consolidation.
Ans: Consolidation is the term meaning the improvement of the houses. When the
family has the more children or a bigger income it may consolidate its house. The
improvement may be a new main door, a new gas or some extra rooms.
Q2: Write down some names of the Coniferous trees.
Ans: Pines, firs, and cedars are a few examples of the trees characteristically
found in such forests. Though they can be found in various parts of the world
Q3: Define depopulation.
Ans: The effect of the deaths, and movements of people to other areas due to
diseases, is called depopulation.

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