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CBSE Class 7 Social Studies Worksheet

History - Towns, Traders and Craftsperson

1.
State Yes or No: Delhi began to decline because of many factors: the loss of markets and productivity because of the decline of the Mughal Empire, control of the sea routes by the Portuguese and competition from Bombay.
A) Yes B) No
2.
State Yes or No: Weavers had to reproduce the designs supplied to them by the Company agents.
A) Yes B) No
3.
State Yes or No: From the eighth century onwards Indian subcontinent was dotted with several small towns.
A) Yes B) No
4.
Fill in the blanks: Vrindavan (Uttar Pradesh) and ____________ are examples of two temple towns.
5.
What were often central to the economy and society ?
6.
Give examples of temple town?
7.
State Yes or No: The Panchalas or Vishwakarma community, consisting of goldsmiths, bronzesmiths, blacksmiths, masons and carpenters, were essential to the building of temples.
A) Yes B) No
8.
Fill in the blanks: Some aspects of ____________ making like cotton cleaning, spinning and dyeing became specialized and independent crafts.
9.
State Yes or No: Pilgrims who flocked to the temples always made donations.
A) Yes B) No
10.
Fill in the blanks: The ____________ or Vishwakarma community, also played an important role in the construction of palaces, big buildings, tanks and reservoirs.
11.
State Yes or No: Both the Dutch and English East India Companies attempted to control Masulipatnam as it became the most important port on the Andhra coast.
A) Yes B) No
12.
Which is the most important festivals celebrated at Hampi ?
13.
Which metal produces a bell-like sound ?
14.
Fill in the blanks: ____________ is a temple town.
15.
Who tried to play off Dutch and English against each other?
16.
What were purchased by Italian traders and eventually reached European markets, fetching very high profits ?
17.
Fill in the blanks: In the fifteenth century ____________ sailors undertook unprecedented explorations of sea routes.
18.
Fill in the blanks: Traders guilds traded extensively both within the ____________ and with Southeast Asia and China.
19.
Fill in the blanks: In the seventeenth century ____________ was a centre of intense activity.
20.
Fill in the blanks: The spurt in demand for goods like ____________ led to a great expansion of the crafts of spinning, weaving, bleaching, dyeing, etc. with more and more people taking them up.

CBSE Class 7 Social Studies Worksheet

History - Towns, Traders and Craftsperson

Answers

1.
Option B
2.
Option A
3.
Option A

4.
Tiruvannamalai (Tamil Nadu)
5.
Temples were often central to the economy and society.
6.
Important temple towns included Kanchipuram and Madurai in Tamil Nadu, and Tirupati in Andhra Pradesh.
7.
Option A

8.
cloth
9.
Option A

10.
Panchalas
11.
Option A

12.
The Mahanavami festival, known today as Navaratri in the south, was one of the most important festivals celebrated at Hampi.
13.
Bronze metal produces a bell-like sound.
14.
Thanjavur
15.
The Mughal governor Mir Jumla who was also a merchant, began to play off Dutch and English against each other.
16.
Indian spices and cloth sold in the Red Sea ports were purchased by Italian traders and eventually reached European markets, fetching very high profits.
17.
European
18.
peninsula
19.
Surat
20.
textiles
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