Ch. 6.1 Geography and Early India

Seasonal wind patterns that cause wet and dry seasons.

• hurricanes
• tornados
• monsoons
• typhoons

Mountains to the northwest of India

• Hindu Kush
• Himalayas
• The Alps
• Mohenjo Daro

A large land mass smaller than a continent.

• a country

• an island

• a subcontinent

Skilled warriors from Central Asia.

• ninjas
• raja
• Aryans
• Spartans

India's oldest known civilization

• Harappan
• Sanskrit
• Vedas
• Aryans

A leader of an Aryan village and the land around the village

• raja

• Aryans

• Vedas

• Harappan

Mountains that separate India from the rest of Asia

• Hindu Kush

• Mohenjo Daro

• Himalayas

• Aryans

The earliest known language in ancient India

• Hindu Kush

• Aryans

• Vedas

• Sanskrit

One of the greatest cities of the Harappan civilization

• Mohenjo Daro

• Sanskrit

• Aryans

• Harappan

Collection of writings from the Aryans

• Harappan

• Sanskrit

• Vedas

• Himalayas