9-1 Early Civilizations

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

• Arabian

• Ganges

• Indian

• Bengal

The large cities in the Indus Valley Civilization featured homes made mostly of

• brick

• grass

• stone

• wood

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

• disease & famine

• earthquakes & floods

• hurricanes & wildfires

• volcanoes & monsoons

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

• Aryans

• Brahmins

• Sudras

• Vaisays

In India's caste system, Kshatriyas contained which people

• common people

• Untouchables

• priests

• warriors & rulers

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

• monsoon

• tropic

• gust

• tsunami

a social group that one is born into and cannot change

• caste

• stigma

• Brahmin

• Hinduism

the prince or leader of an Aryan tribe

• Raja

• King

• Emperor

• Moses

mountain range blocking Indian subcontinent from Asia

• Ozark

• Himalaya

• Andes

• Brahmaputra

the written language developed in Aryan villages

• Sanskrit

• Cuneiform

• Hieroglyphics

• Hebrew