Chapter 6 Lesson 1: Ancient India

strong seasonal winds that influence India’s climate

• raja
• monsoons
• caste
• tsaunami

a social group that one is born into and cannot change

• hierarchery
• Sanskrit
• caste
• raja

the prince or leader of an Aryan tribe 

• caste
• priest
• raja
• general

 mountain range blocking Indian subcontinent from Asia

• Alps
• Kilamajaro
• Appalachians
• Himalaya

the written language developed in Aryan villages

• Yiddish
• Sanskrit
• Hebrew
• Portuguese

Which of the following is one of India’s three most important major rivers?

• Arabian
• Benegal
• Ganges
• Indian

The large cities of the Indus Valley civilization featured homes made mostly of 

• brick
• grass
• stone
• wood

What natural disasters possibly caused the people of the Indus Valley to begin to abandon their cities?

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

Which was a nomadic people that entered the Indus River valley around 1500 B.C.?

• Aryans 
• Ganges 
• Sudras
• rajas 

In India’s caste system, the Kshatriyas class contained which people?

• common people
• priest
• Untouchables
• warriors and rulers