Understanding Diversity — Social Science STD 6 — Question

How were the oracle bones used by the Kings in China?

Examine the composition of atmosphere.

Mention four different kinds of rulers as described by Harisena. What was Samudragupta’s policy towards them?

Why do you think that there is seasonal unemployment in villages?

How electronic voting machines are used in elections?

Compare the situation of Sekar and Ramalingam by filling out the following table:

	Sekar	Ramalingam
Land cultivated
Labour required
Loans required
Selling of harvest
Other work done by them

What are symbols? Why do we need them?

Write in short the meaning of the following new words/ terms related with the chapter:

1. Matrimonial alliance.
2. Kingdom.
3. Republic.
4. Oligarchy.
5. Ambassador.
6. Amatyas.
7. Barter system.
8. Gramika.
9. Monarchy.

Give an account of administrative divisions in India.

Nowhere in the world have governments willingly shared power. All over Europe and USA, women and the poor have had to fight for participation in government. Women’s struggle to vote got strengthened during the First World War. This movement is called the women’s suffrage movement as the term suffrage usually means right to vote. During the War, many men were away fighting, and because of this women were called upon to do work that was earlier considered men’s work. Many women began organising and managing different kinds of work. When people saw this they began to wonder why they had created so many unfair stereotypes about women and what they were capable of doing. So women began to be seen as being equally capable of making decisions. The suffragettes demanded the right to vote for all women and to get their demands heard they chained themselves to railings in public places. Many suffragettes were imprisoned and went on hunger strikes, and they had to be fed by force. American women got the right to vote in 1920 while women in the UK got to vote on the same terms as men some years later, in 1928.Study the above advertisement and answer the questions that follow:

1. Where and who had to fight for participation in government1?
2. When had women’s struggle got strengthened?
3. Why was this struggle called women’s suffrage movement?
4. Why were women called to work in men’s field during the war?
5. Why were women seen as being equally capable of making decisions?
6. Who were suffragettes?
7. When did American women got right to vote?
8. When did UK women get voting right equal to men?