Ancient India

Unit 5: Ancient India

Multiple Choice

What is a subcontinent?

• vast, grassy plain

• large, distinct land mass of a continent

• city built with a specific layout in mind

• administrative district of a larger empire

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is NOT a present-day country in the Indian subcontinent?

• Nepal

• India

• Pakistan

• Bangladesh

• Afghanistan

Multiple Choice

Which mountain range isolates and protects the Indian subcontinent?

• Himalayas

• Rockies

• Pyrenees

• Urals

Multiple Choice

Which mountain range separates India from Afghanistan?

• Himalayas

• Hindu Kush

• Appalachians

• Andes

Multiple Choice

Which major river supports life in India?

• Indus

• Tigris

• Nile

• Yangtze

Multiple Choice

What are monsoons?

• floating fields that support agriculture

• long period of dry, hot weather

• strong seasonal winds that blow at certain times of the year

• disease that causes many deaths

Multiple Choice

What do summer monsoons bring?

• heavy rains with good and bad consequences

• hot dry air

• typhoons that force people ot move

• cold fronts that k

Multiple Choice

Why were monsoons important to the development of the South Asian subcontinent?

• heavy rainfall in summer, providing water for agriculture

• dry winds kept land from being used for agriculture

• protected the Indus River Valley from the cold of the Himalayas

• rainfall was light and not reliable for farming

Multiple Choice

What is a planned city?

• highest in an ancient city

• a city where people move place to place

• a Greek city-state

• city built with specific layout in mind

Multiple Select

Which of the following were planned cities of the Indian civilization?

• Harappa

• Mohenjo-Daro

• Carthage

• Cairo

Open Ended

Which characteristic of a planned city surprises you the most?

Multiple Choice

Which other ancient writing system is similar to the Harappans?

• Sumerian Cuneiform

• Phoenician Alphabet

• Egyptian Hieroglyphs

• Roman Numerals

Poll

Which natural force do you believe is MOST responsible for the disappearance of the Harappan civilization?

• rainfall diminished

• earthquakes & floods

• agriculture declined

Multiple Choice

The Harappan civilization emerged in which river valley?

• Ganges

• Indus

• Nile

• Tigris

Multiple Choice

Which Indian civilization produced some of the world's first planned cities?

• Aryan

• Guptan

• Mauryan

• Harappan