Ancient India Review

Which group of people ranked highest on the caste system?

• warrior
• priests
• farmers
• merchants

Which word best describes a large land mass that is smaller than a continent?

• country
• subcontineent
• state
• region

What is the name of the seasonal winds that cause the wet and dry seasons in India?

• hurrican
• tsunami
• Monsoon
• tornado

a plateau is...

• similar to a mountain

• a flat area of land that is elevated or raised, above the land around it

• the land near a volcano

• only found in India

Why did people settle in the Indus River Valley?

• to escape the Aryans

• farming, transportation, trade

• to see beautiful mountains

• the Brahman told them to

What are the two major rivers of Ancient India?

• Tigris & Euphrates
• Nile & Blue Nile
• Indus & Ganges
• Huang He & Yangtze

What are the seasonal winds that blow cold, dry air in the winter and warm, wet air and pouring rains in the summer?

• Monsoons

• Tornadoes

• Typhoons

• Earthquakes

The Caste system divided Indian society into ____ ranks or divisions.

• 4
• 3
• 2
• 1

The written language of the Aryans is called

• heiroglyhpics
• sanskrit
• cuneform
• Rosetta Stone

Two large cities formed along this?

• Ganges River
• Indian Ocean
• Indus River
• India River