Ch.14 Unlocking the Secrets of Mohenjodaro

Where was Mohenjodaro located in India? 

• The Himalaya Mountains
• The Deccan Plateau
• The Indus River Valley
• The Eastern Ghats

Archeologists found beaded necklaces and toys among the ruins at Mohenjodaro.  What might these objects suggest about the city? 

• Its people had time to make pretty things
• Its people used beads to trade with outsiders
• Its people wore jewelry to show their status
• Its people played games to express humor

Archeologists found a structure that was 39 feet long and 8 feet deep.  What evidence did they find that made them think it was a pool? 

• A faucet
• Bathing suits
• Drawings
• A drain and what appeared to be dressing rooms

What do these seals reveal about Mohenjodaro?  

• The types of jobs people did 
• The types of animals people saw
• The types of jewelry people wore
• The types of gods people worshiped

What was one feature of Modhenjodaro that was different from other settlements built at the same time? 

• It had walls
• It had private homes
• It had roads
• It had a sewer system

The homes of people in Mohenjodaro had from 1 to 12 rooms.  This suggests that

• Some families were larger than others
• Some people were wealthier than others
• Some homes had indoor bathrooms
• Some homes housed several families

Archeologists found a clay model of a bull pulling a cart.  What might the artifact say about Mohenjodaro’s people?  

• The people used bulls to pull plows
• The people moved things in carts
• The people invented the wheel
• The people raced carts for sport

Part of Mohenjodaro was raised and had walls around it.  If this were all you know about Mohenjodaro, what is your best educated guess about what it means? 

• The city had religious leaders who lived apart from everyone else
• The city had enemies and the residents needed to protect themselves
• The city had traders who lived closest to the city’s roads
• The city had poor people and the rich wanted to stay away from them

Mohenjodaro’s complex sewer system was built 20 years after the ones in ancient Rome.

• True
• False

The people of Mohenjodaro lived in the citadel.

• true
• false