Ancient India

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

What was the name of the written language of the Ancient Indian civilization?

• cuneiform
• Sanskrit
• hieroglyphics
• Hindi

What natural barrier makes India a subcontinent of Asia?

• Indus River
• Ganges River
• Himalayan Mountains
• Gobi Desert

What was the name for the people that were not considered to be part of the caste system?

• Brahmans
• Vaisyas
• Untouchables
• Sudras

Which concept is illustrated in the diagram?

• manorialism

• caste

• apartheid

• Ecomienda

Which group of people ranked highest on the caste system?

• warrior
• priests
• farmers
• merchants

Both Harappa and Mohenjo Daro were well planned cities. What inference can you make about the people who lived in the Indus Valley?

• They all wanted the cities to be identical
• They had difficulity completing task
•  They were intelligent and talented
• They knew how to deal with monsoons.

Where did all of these civilizations develop?
● Mesopotamia
● Egypt
● China
● India

• in river valleys
• in the mountian range
• in the coastal region 
• in the rain forest region

The Himalayan Mountains acted as a barrier for India. How did this impact the people in India?

• Helped protect them from invasions but also separated them from the outside world.
• Helped improve communication and spread new ideas with Asia and Europe
• Helped build relationships with the government and military.
• Helped make traveling easier to trade with the rest of Asia.