NOTES: TOPLINE JUNIOR SOCIAL STUDIES PROG REVISED ED 5 BY KHURRAM ALI SHAFIQUE PAKISTAN
LIVING IN SOCIETY
1. Simorgh ………………………………. ..1
2. Taking Care of our Environment—5
3. Reduce, Reuse, Recycle …………….. ..10
4. Services …………………………….14
5. Art and Activist ………………………… ..19
6. Elections………………………………. .23.
7. Human Beings and Machines ……26
EARTH STUDIES
8. Longitude arid Latitude 30
9. Eclipses………………….. ..34
10.Looking at The Land————–39
11. Rocks and Minerals————- 43
Sources of Energy….. ..49
Trade and Industries————-55
Climate of Pakistan————- 60
HISTORY
15. Changes: Cities ……………………….. 63
16. Cyrus The Great …………………….. ..68
17. Bibi, Marium and Hazrat Issa. (a.s.)71
18. The Great Mughals ………….. .74
19. Poet of the East. ……………………..79
20. Pakistan After Independence. ————-82
UNIT# 1 SIMORGH PAGE: 1-4
ACTIVITY – 1
A. ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:
Question 1: How many valleys did the birds pass through? Name them.
ANSWER:
The birds passed through 7 valleys;
- Yearning
- Love
- Knowledge of Mysteries
- Detachment
- Unity
- Wonderment
- Faqr-o- fana
Question 2: How many birds were there left at the end?
ANSWER:
There were 30 birds left at the end.
Question 3: What was the name of the king of the birds?
ANSWER:
The name of the king of the birds was simorgh.
Question 4: Why were the birds surprised once they entered the palace?
ANSWER:
The birds were surprised when they entered the palace because they saw mirror in front of them.
Question 5: What does the word Simorgh mean?
ANSWER:
The word Simorgh means 30 birds.
Question 6: Who wrote the story of Simorgh and what is the name of the story?
ANSWER:
Sheikh Fariduddin Attar wrote the story of Simorgh. The name of the story is Mantiqu Tayr.
B. SELECT A WORD FROM THE GIVEN WORDS AND FILL IN THE BLANKS
ANSWERS: (1-HOOPOE)(2-SEVEN)(3-MIRROR)(4-JAMALUDDIN AALI)(5-JEEVAY JEVAY PAKISTAN)
C.
D.
UNIT# 2. TAKING CARE OF OUR ENVIRONMENT PAGE: 5-8
ACTIVITY – I
- FILL IN THE BLANKS.
ANSWERS:
- Pollution
- Polluted air
- Pollutants
- Plants
- World
- ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:
Question 1: 1. What does environment mean?
ANSWER:
Environment is the world around us.
2. Explain briefly the three kinds of pollutions.
ANSWER:
1- air pollution
2- water pollution
3- land pollution
3. What can people do about the environment?
ANSWER:
People can;
- Keep air clean
- Use buses
- Use cleaner technologies
4. How does pollution affect our health?
ANSWER:
We become ill when we use polluted water and breathe in polluted air.
5. What would happen if we do not take care ofour environment?
ANSWER:
If we do not take care of our environment gradually it will polluted and people will feel difficulty to live on the earth.
6. Find out the names of five organizations that are working to protect our environment.
ANSWER:
- WWF
- BIRDLIFE
- UNESCO
- UNEP
- GREENPEACE
C. YOU CAN DO SOMETHING ABOUT YOU YOUR ENVIRONMENT. VISIT A PARK NEAR YOUR HOUSE AND ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS.
UNIT# 3. REDUCE, REUSE, RECYCLE…………….. ..10
PAGE: 12-13
ACTIVITY –3
- FILL IN THE BLANKS.
ANSWERS: (1-)(2-)(3-)(4-)(5-)
B. ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:
Question 1:
How is the land being polluted?
ANSWER:
The land is being polluted by the wastes which we make daily.
Question 2:
What do you understand by the word 3 rs?
ANSWER:
The 3 Rs mean;
- Reduce
- Reuse
- Recycle
Question 3:
What is recycling and how is it beneficial for us ?
ANSWER:
RECYCLING:
it means making new materials or products from waste materials. It is beneficial because it saves our energy resources.
Question 4:
Which materials can be recycled? Give some examples?
ANSWER:
The following materials can be recycled;
- Glass
- Metal
- Plastic
- Paper
Question 5: Look at the chart below. How can these materials be reused?
ANSWER:
C.
UNIT# 4. SERVICES …………………………….14
PAGE: 16
ACTIVITY – 4
A. CHOOSE THE CORRECT WORD GIVEN IN THE BOX BELOW AND FILL IN THE BLANKS.
ANSWERS: (1-SERVICES)(2-HOSPITAL)(3-POSTMAN)(4-BREAK)(5-BANKS)
B. ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:
Question 1: What do people in the service organizations do?
ANSWER:
Question: 2. Why is a municipal organization necessary for a city?
ANSWER:
Question:3. Who are doctors and nurses? Where do they work and what do they provide us?
ANSWER:
Question: 4. In case of a fire which organization is called and what do they do?
ANSWER:
Question: 5. Do you think schools are service organizations? What do schools do?
ANSWER:
- LOOK AT THE FOLLOWING CHART AND THEN GIVE EACH SENTENCE ITS PROPER BEGINNING BY PUTTING THE CORRECT NUMBER IN THE GIVEN BOX.
ANSWERS: (1-LOOKS AFTER PEOPLE’S MONEY)(2-DRIVES PEOPLE FROM ONE PLACE TO ANOTHER)(3-KEEPS LAW ND ORDER)(4-LOOKS AFTER THE SICK AND INJURED)(5-CUTS HAIR)(6-HELPS PEOPLE TO BUY OR SELL THEIR PROPERTY)(7-REPAIRS AND INSTALLS PHONES)(8-EXTINGUISHES FIRE)(9-EDUCATES THE PEOPLE)(10- INSTALLS AND REPAIRS ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES)
D.
UNIT# 5. ART AND ACTIVIST ………………………… ..19
PAGE: 22
ACTIVITY – 5
A.
B. ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:
Question 1:What is art?
ANSWER:
Question 2: How have we come to know about ancient art?
ANSWER:
Question 3: What do you know about the art heritage of your country?
ANSWER:
Question 4: Write the names of some famous artists of Pakistan.
ANSWER:
Question 5: Write about the various forms of art.
ANSWER:
UNIT# 6. ELECTIONS………………………………. .23
PAGE: 25
ACTIVITY – 6
A.
B. ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:
Question 1: What does the word ‘democracy ‘mean?
ANSWER:
Question 2: What are elections and why are they held in a country?
ANSWER:
Question 3: At what age is a person allowed to vote in our country?
ANSWER:
Question 4: What do you know about the National and Provincial Assemblies?
ANSWER:
Question 5: Who heads the federal government?
ANSWER:
Question 6: Do you think elections are good for a country? Why?
ANSWER:
UNIT# 7. HUMAN BEINGS AND MACHINES ……26
PAGE: 28-29
ACTIVITY – 7
A.
B. ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:
Question 1: Which invention is considered to be the first invention of human beings?
ANSWER: Wheel is considered to be the first invention of human beings.
Question 2: Why were most of the inventions made in the last four hundred years?
ANSWER: Most of the inventions made in the last four hundred years because people began to challenge old theories.
Question 3: What do you know about the “Industrial Revolution?
ANSWER:
Industrial Revolution means that the world was changed with industries.
Question 4:
Who was Thomas Edison?
ANSWER:
Thomas Edison was a famous inventor.
Question 5:
What do you understand by the phrase a “Machines can be our friends, but they can be our enemies too”. Explain briefly?
ANSWER:
It mean that machines are not important their usage is important.
EARTH STUDIES
UNIT# 8. LONGITUDE ARID LATITUDE 30
PAGE: 32-33
ACTIVITY – 8
A. FILL IN THE BLANKS WITH SUITABLE WORDS.
ANSWERS: (1-C)(2-B)(3-B)(4-A)(5-B)(6-A)
B. ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:
Question 1: What are lines of longitude?
ANSWER:
Question 2: What are lines of latitude?
ANSWER:
Question 3: How do lines of longitude and latitude help us?
ANSWER:
Question 4: Where is Greenwich?
ANSWER:
Question 5: What is the difference between the prime meridian and the equator?
ANSWER:
C.
D.
UNIT# 9. ECLIPSES ………………….. ..34
PAGE: 37-38
ACTIVITY – 9
A. FILL IN THE BLANKS WITH SUITABLE WORDS.
ANSWERS: (1-)(2-)(3-)(4-)(5-)(6-)
B. ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:
Question 1: What causes day and night?
ANSWER:
Question 2: How much time does the moon take to complete an orbit?
ANSWER:
Question 3: What is an eclipse?
ANSWER:
Question 4: Describe the difference between a solar and a lunar eclipse.
ANSWER:
Question 5: How did Columbus succeed in getting food supplies from native Americans with the help of a lunar eclipse?
ANSWER:
C.
D.
UNIT# 10. LOOKING AT THE LAND————–39
PAGE: 42
ACTIVITY – 10
A. FILL IN THE BLANKS WITH SUITABLE WORDS.
ANSWERS: (1-)(2-)(3-)(4-)(5-)(6-)(7-)
B. ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:
Question 1: Describe any three types of land forms
ANSWER:
Question 2: What is a coast?
ANSWER:
Question 3: How are valleys formed?
ANSWER:
Question 4: Where does the cactus plant grow?
ANSWER:
Question 5: What is a plateau?
ANSWER:
C.
UNIT# 11. ROCKS AND MINERALS————- 43
PAGE: 46-47
ACTIVITY – 11
A. FILL IN THE BLANKS WITH SUITABLE WORDS.
ANSWERS: (1-)(2-)(3-)(4-)(5-)(6-)(8-)
B. ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:
Question 1: What are rocks and why are they important for us?
ANSWER:
Question 2: Where can we find minerals?
ANSWER:
Question 3: What are metals and non-metals? Give some examples.
ANSWER:
Question 4: Write the names of some metallic and non-metallic minerals found in Pakistan.
ANSWER:
Question 5: In which areas of our country are precious stones found?
ANSWER:
Question 6: Make a list of the areas of Pakistan which have rich deposits of minerals.
ANSWER:
C.
UNIT# 12 SOURCES OF ENERGY….. ..49
PAGE: 52
ACTIVITY – 12
A. GIVE A PROPER ENDING TO EACH SENTENCE IN LIST A FROM LIST B.
ANSWERS: (1-)(2-)(3-)(4-)(5-)(6-)(7-)(8-)
B. ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:
Question 1: Why do we need energy?
ANSWER:
Question 2: What are fossil fuels? Write about each of them.
ANSWER:
Question 3: How can energy be produced by sun or wind?
ANSWER:
Question 4: What are nuclear reactors and how do they produce energy?
ANSWER:
Question 5: What are the major sources of energy in our country?
ANSWER:
Question 6: What is the difference between hydroelectricity and thermal electricity?
ANSWER:
C.
UNIT# 13 TRADE AND INDUSTRIES————-55
PAGE: 58
ACTIVITY – 13
A. FILL IN THE BLANKS.
ANSWERS: (1-)(2-)(3-)(4-)(5-)(6-)(7-)(8-)
B. ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:
Question 1: What do you understand by the word ‘manufacturing‘?
ANSWER:
Question 2: What is the difference between a ‘developed‘ and ‘developing’ country?
ANSWER:
Question 3: Can you make a list of the things which you think come from industries?
ANSWER:
Question 4: Why are most of the industries of Pakistan agro-based industries?
ANSWER:
Question 5: What do you know about some of the heavy industries of Pakistan?
ANSWER:
Question 6: What are the major export and import items of our country?
ANSWER:
C.
D.
UNIT# 14 CLIMATE OF PAKISTAN————- 60
PAGE: 62
ACTIVITY – 14
A. FILL IN THE BLANKS WITH SUITABLE WORDS.
ANSWERS: (1-)(2-)(3-)(4-)(5-)
B. ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:
Question 1: What is the difference between weather and climate?
ANSWER:
Question 2: How can we measure weather conditions?
ANSWER:
Question 3: What are the main factors which affect the climate?
ANSWER:
Question 4: Where is Pakistan located on the world map?
ANSWER:
Question 5: What do you know about the climate of Pakistan?
ANSWER:
HISTORY
UNIT# 15. CHANGES: CITIES ……………………….. 63
PAGE: 66
ACTIVITY – 15
A. FILL IN THE BLANKS.
ANSWERS: (1-)(2-)(3-)(4-)(5-)(6-)
B. ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:
Question 1: What did ancient people do for their living?
ANSWER:
Question 2: Why did the people in old times move from place to place?
ANSWER:
Question 3: Why did people settle permanently beside the river?
ANSWER:
Question 4: How did a village change into a town?
ANSWER:
Question 5: What do you know about the ‘Industrial Revolution‘ and how did it help in the growth of cities?
ANSWER:
C.
D.
UNIT# 16. CYRUS THE GREAT …………………….. ..68
PAGE: 70
ACTIVITY – 16
A. ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:
Question 1: Who do the scholars of the Quran think
ANSWER:
Question 2: What part of the world did Cyrus the Great rule over?
ANSWER:
Question 3: Which other lands did he conquer?
ANSWER:
Question 4: Which custom did Cyrus put an end to?
ANSWER:
Question 5: What was Cyrus famous for?
ANSWER:
Question 6: What is written on Cyrus’s tomb?
ANSWER:
B. FILL IN THE BLANKS WITH SUITABLE WORDS.
ANSWERS: (1-)(2-)(3-)(4-)(5-)(6-)(7-)(8-)
C.
17. BIBI MARIAM AND HAZRAT ISA (علیہم السلام) 71
PAGE: 73
ACTIVITY – 17
A. FILL IN THE BLANKS.
ANSWERS: (1-)(2-)(3-)(4-)(5-)(6-)(7-)
- ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:
Question 1: Who was Bibi Marium?
ANSWER:
Question 2: What did Angel Jibra’eel told Bibi Marium?
ANSWER:
Question 3: What did the young infant say when the visitors came to see Bibi Marium?
ANSWER:
Question 4: What miraculous powers were given to Hazrat Issa (A.S) by God?
ANSWER:
Question 5: What did Hazrat Issa (A.S) ask Bani Israel?
ANSWER:
C.
UNIT# 18. THE GREAT MUGHALS ………….. .74
PAGE: 77
ACTIVITY –18
A. GUESS THE PERSONALITY WITH THE GIVEN CLUES.
ANSWERS: (1-)(2-)(3-)(4-)(5-)(6-)
B. ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:
Question 1: Who were the ancestors of the Mughals?
ANSWER:
Question 2: How was the Mughal Empire founded and by whom?
ANSWER:
Question 3: Who was Sher Shah Suri?
ANSWER:
Question 4: What do you know about the battles of Pani Pat?
ANSWER:
Question 5: Why did the Mughal Empire break apart?
ANSWER:
C.
UNIT# 19. POET OF THE EAST. ……………………..79
PAGE: 81
ACTIVITY –19
A. FILL IN THE BLANKS.
ANSWERS: (1-)(2-)(3-)(4-)(5-)(6-)
B. ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:
Question 1: Who was Shams-ul- Ulama Moulvi Syed Mir Hasan?
ANSWER:
Question 2: From where did Iqbal complete his graduation?
ANSWER:
Question 3: Why did Allama Iqbal go to England in 1905?
ANSWER:
Question 4: Write the names of some books written by Allama Iqbal
ANSWER:
Question 5: What did Allama Iqbal say at the annual session of the Muslim League at Allahabad in 1930?
ANSWER:
Question 6: When did Allama Iqbal died and where is he buried?
ANSWER:
C.
UNIT# 20. PAKISTAN AFTER INDEPENDENCE. ————-82
PAGE: 85
ACTIVITY – 20
A. WRITE T FOR TRUE AND F FOR FALSE STATEMENTS.
ANSWERS: (1-)(2-)(3-)(4-)(5-)
B. ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:
Question 1: Why do we celebrate 14th August?
ANSWER:
Question 2: Why did some people think that Pakistan could not survive?
ANSWER:
Question 3: What problems did the newly born country face?
ANSWER:
Question 4: What great loss did Pakistan face in 1971?
ANSWER:
Question 5: What do you know about the Kashmir isuue? Explain briefly.
ANSWER:
Question 6: What are the failures and successes of Pakistan during the last fifty years?
ANSWER:
D.
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