Early India 6.1

A strong wind that blows one way in the winter and another way in summer.

• caste
• raja
• monsoon
• Sanskrit

A social group that one is born into and cannot change.

• caste
• raja
• Sanskrit
• guru

The prince or leader of a tribe is the raja.

• True
• False

Mountain range that is home to the highest mountains in the world.

• Alps
• Cascade Range
• Rocky Mountain range
• Himalaya

The written language developed in India

• Hieroglyphic
• Cuneiform 
• Sanskrit
• English

What two rivers are India's most important rivers?

• Ganges, Indus
• Ganges, Arabain
• Indus, Nile
• Tigris and Euphrates 

About 3,000 B.C., the early people who lived in the Indus River valley were the

• Mohenjo-Daro
• Aryans
• Indians
• Harappans

What natural disasters possibly caused the collapse of the Harappan civilization?

• hurricanes and wildfires
• earthquakes and floods
• volcanoes and monsoons
• disease and famine

Nomadic people, the _________ entered the Indus River valley around 1500 B.C.

• Brahmins
• Sudras
• Aryans
• Vaisyas

In india's jati and varna system, the Kshatriyas class contains these people.

• Untouchables
• priests
• common people
• warriors and rulers