Recap Questions

Page 155
1. What were the internal threats that the ancient Chinese faced?
Ans: They faced natural disasters like floods and famines, civil wars and rebellion like peasant rebellion and military rebellion.

Page 158
1. What were the internal threats that the people of ancient Southeast Asia faced?
Ans: The faced natural disasters like volcanic eruptions, they also faced succession disputes, warfare and rebellion, and piracy.

Page 161
2. What were the measures taken by the ancient people to cope with these threats?
Ans: In ancients China, the Chinese built dykes to control floodings while in ancient India, the Indus people were very persistent in rebuilding their homes.

Page 174
2. How did foreign rulers integrate into ancient Chinese society?
Ans: Many foreign invaders readily accepted Chinese culture and integrated into Chinese society. They adopted Chinese names, customs, dressing and used the Chinese language and script. Rulers of the monadic tribes were keen to integrate into Chinese society.

Page 177
1. What were the external threats that the people of ancient Southeast Asia faced?
Ans: They faced rivalry between kingdoms, foreign invasions, measures taken against external threats like diplomacy, building physical barriers and armies, weapons and patriotic rebellions.

Page 181
2. How different and/or similar were the people of ancient India, China and Southeast Asia in responding to external threats?
Ans: Ancient people built physical barriers and armies and invented weapons to protect themselves against invaders, rulers established friendships with other rulers, foreign invaders adopted the culture of the local people and the lessons from the past.