Ancient India Review

India is a subcontinent of what continent?

• Africa

• Europe

• Asia

• Australia

This region, between the eastern and western Ghats Mountain ranges, is known for having some of the world's oldest rocks and poor soil for farming.

• Deccan Plateau

• Himalaya Mountains

• Thar Desert

• Indus River Valley

This river flows across northern India, people of the Hindu religion also consider this river sacred.

• Ganges River

• Indus River

• Brahmaputra River

• Nile River

The first known settlements of ancient India were located in the valley around this river.

• Indus River

• Ganges River

• Amazon River

• Brahmaputra River

The two major cities of the Indus valley civilization were Harappa and ________________.

• Rogers City

• Sanchi

• Mohenjodaro

• Pataliputra

Which of the following was NOT discovered at Mohenjodaro?

• Weights and Scales

• The Great Bath

• Small stone seals

• Scrolls containing teachings from the Buddha

Mohenjodaro created an advanced _________, 2,000 years before the ancient Romans!

• Road system

• Sewer system

• Water system

• Communication system

Mohenjodaro means __________.

• Place or hill of the dead

• Place or hill of the living

• The place of Buddha

• Seekers of Nirvana

The sacred texts of Hinduism are called the ______.

• Torah

• Vedas

• Holy Scrolls

• Sanskrit

Hindu society divided people in certain ________, or groups.

• Classes

• Orders

• Castes

• Societies