Ancient India

Ancient India

Mt. Everest

Mount Everest is Earth's highest mountain above sea level

Located in the Himalaya Mountains

Multiple Choice

What is Everest?

• River

• Lake

• Plateau

• Mountain Peak

Multiple Choice

What are the Himalayas?

• River

• Mountains

• Lake

• Basin

Plateau

an area of relatively level high ground

Multiple Choice

What body of water is to the west of India?

• Bay of Bengal

• Indian Ocean

• Arabian Sea

• Indus River

Multiple Choice

Summer monsoon winds blow west to east and bring

• cold, dry air with no rain

• warm, wet air with rain

Multiple Choice

Food was scarce in ancient India so all people needed to farm.

• True

• False

Ancient India Tools

Cities of Moheno-Daro and Harappa

Multiple Choice

Why did Indo-European people move from place to place?

• find pastures and water for their cattle

• escape enemies

• to trade with other civilizations

• to conquer more land and build an empire

Multiple Choice

The written language of Aryans is called

• Hieroglyphics

• Greek

• Cunieform

• Sanskrit

Multiple Choice

Raja is

• a language

• a river

• a prince

• a tool

Multiple Choice

Aryan hymns, prayers, and stories were recorded and collected in texts known as

• Vedas

• Sikh

• Holy Bible

Multiple Choice

Which social class ran the government?

• Bhrahman

• Kshatriya

• Vaisya

• Untouchables

Multiple Choice

The caste system allowed people to change to different social classes (Sudra could move up to Vaisya)

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Which of these is NOT a job of an untouchable?

• Street cleaning

• Organizing the temple

• Skinning dead animals

• Carrying dead animals