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Facts

• Early Man first learnt to use log of wood as a boat and then made a raft.
• Early Man made his first wheel which he fitted to the raft, and thus made a cart.

• Early Man discovered his first metal, that was copper perhaps.

• Early Man made paintings in the cave.

• Different trades started to develop and the barter system was used to get one thing
for another.

• Civilization progressed as man learnt to make new things.

XERCISE

A. Tick (3) the right option :
1. The floating log of wood was Early Man’s first ____________ .

(a) boat (b) raft (c) wheel
2. The first metal used by Early Man was perhaps ____________ .

(a) iron (b) copper (c) silver
3. Early Man made paintings ____________ .

(a) on the paper (b) on the trees (c) in the caves
4. The system of exchanging things is called the ____________ system.

(a) barter (b) charter (c) rafter

B. Choose and fill in the blanks :
better, civilization, settled, stone, raft
1. After Early Man learnt to make a fire and grow his food, he ____________

down at one place.
2. Early Man joined several logs to make a ____________ .

3. Early Man could make ____________ pots with the potter’s wheel.
4. Early Man got his first metal by melting ____________ .

5. The ____________ progressed gradually.
C. Answer the questions briefly :

1. How did Early Man get his first boat?
2. What gave Early Man an idea about the wheel?

3. How were the tools made from iron better?

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