India Lesson 1

Which of the following IS one of India's most important rivers?

• Arabian

• Bengal

• Ganges

• Indian

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

• brick

• grass

• grass

• stone

What natural disasters possibly caused the people of the Indus valley to abandon their cities and villages?

• disease and famine

• earthquakes and floods

• hurricanes and wildfire

• volcanoes and monsoons

Which was a nomadic people that entered the Indus River Valley around 1500 b.c.

• Aryans

• Brahmins

• Sudras

• Vaisyas

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

• common people

• priests

• Untouchables

• warriors and rulers

strong seasonal winds that have a large influence on India's climate

• monsoon

• himalaya

• raja

• tornado

social group that one is born into and can not change

• raja

• caste

• sanskrit

prince or leader of an Aryban tribe

• sanskrit

• pharaoh

• raja

• king

mountain range blocking Indian subcontinent from Asia

• sanskrit

• western ghats

• eastern ghats

• Himalayas

written language of the Aryan villages

• heiroglyphics

• sanskrit

• cuneiform