Ancient Indus Valley

India's agriculture is largely regulated by:

• Unpredictable snow stroms that melt in the mountains.
• Predictable droughts in the "Great Indian Desert".
• Predictable thunderstorms throughout the coastline.
• Unpredictable Monsoon that flooded the Indus-Ganges plains.

India has which of the following natural boundaries for protection:

• The Indian Ocean, Arabian Sea, and Himalayan Mountains
• The Sahara Desert and Mediterranean Sea
• Pacific Ocean and Great Wall of China
• The Ganges River, Indus River, and Deccan plateau

The Indus River Valley Civilizations' cities were structured:

• in ovals, with small square buildings
• in grids, with separate areas for residential and governmental buildings
• in triangles, centered around the pyramids
• in squares, separated by social classes

The Indian Caste System is:

• The separation of government and residential buildings.
• The division of Indian society based on birth, wealth, and occupations.
• The process of selecting occupations based on family status.
• The division of farmland in Ancient India.

Ancient India and Egypt were similar because they both

• had the Nile River and river deltas.
• were a part of the Fertile Crescent.
• had rivers and natural boundaries.
• shared the written language of hieroglyphics.

What are the two major cities of the Harappan civilization?

• Harappa and Ganges
• Alexandria and Mohenjo-Daro
• Mohenjo-Daro and Harappa
• Ganges and Mohenjo-Daro

This mountain range separates India from the rest of Asia.

• Alps
• Carpathian
• Himalayas
• Indialius

In the years following the Harappan civilization collapse, what group began settling in the region?

• Aryans
• Raja
• Punjab
• Brahmins

The two major rivers in India are

• Nile and Ganges
• Nile and Tigris
• Ganges and Indus
• Euphrates and Indus

Buildings and streets in Harappa and Mohenjo-daro were arranged in a

• pyramid pattern

• grid pattern

• circle pattern

• irregular pattern