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(i) The period before the introduction of writing is called pre-history.


(ii) The pre-historic people developed language, made beautiful paintings and artefacts.


(iii) The pre-historic societies are treated as literate.


(iv) The pre-historic period is called ancient.


Option (b) is the correct answer. Pre-historic people developed language and created beautiful art. But they failed to develop a writing system. The pre-historic societies were treated as pre-literate. But this does not mean that they were primitive.

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____________ refers to the area covering Egypt, Israel-Palestine and Iraq.


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Sir Robert Bruce Foote, a geologist from England first discovered the ____________ tools at Pallavaram near Chennai.


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(i) The Neolithic people used polished stone axes called Celts


(ii) Evidence of Neolithic village is found at Payyampalli in Chennai district


(iii) The cultural period that succeeded the Neolithic is called the Bronze Age


(iv) The period that witnessed domestication of animals and cultivation of crops is called Mesolithic


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Assertion (A): Many of the Mesolithic sites are found nearby rivers and tanks.


Reason (R): Irrigation management developed during the Mesolithic period.