Indus River Valley

The major ocean south of India is called the _________________.

• Pacific
• Bay of Bengal
• Arabian Sea
• Indian

The strict division of classes that began in India around 500 B.C. is known as the _________________ system

• caste
• class
• social
• sanitation

From October to May, the winter monsoon blows from the ______________.

• northeast
• Southwest
• northwest
• southeast

If the summer monsoon is too _________ or ________, crops die, causing ___________.

• late, weak, famine
• long, tall, hunger
• early, weak,surplus
• windy, strong, wealth

Great _________ rise in the mountains and are fed by melting snow and rain

• rivers
• cities
• leaders
• farms

Because the Indus cities were so well-organized, they must have had 

• a social class system
• a polytheistic religion
• a strong military
• a strong government

Carvings of god-like figures on clay seals lead historians to believe that the Indus people

• believed in reincarnation
• traded with the Mesopotamians
• were polytheistic
• believed in reincarnation

The Aryans eventually moved into the ____________ __________ valley.

• Ganges River
• Tigris River
• Euphrates River
• Nile River

______________ and Mohenjo-Daro were very well organized cities in the Indus River Valley.

• Hamahama
• Harappa
• Himalaya
• Hindu Kush

While the Bearded Man statue may be evidence of government, it definitely shows that the Indus people were great

• religious leaders
• priest-kings
• artisans
• merchants