Which of the following is NOT a reason the people of the Indus Valley began to abandon their cities and villages?

• Severe drought

• Earthquakes

• Monsoons

• Floods

A group of similar languages is called a ________.

• foreign language

• language family

• heritage

• family of lingo

The Aryans raised cattle for all of these things EXCEPT:

• Meat

• Chocolate

• Milk

• Butter

What is a grain that is still an important food in many parts of the world? [p.254]

• Wheat

• Millet

• Barley

• Rice

The Aryans lived in tribes....each tribe was led by a ____, which is another word for a prince.

• Aladdin

• raja

• king

• dictator

Aryans developed a written language called _______.

• Russian

• Hieroglyphics

• Latin

• Sanskrit

Aryan hymns, poems, and prayers were recorded and collected into sacred texts known as ______.

• bibles

• the Vedas

• holy book of thoughts

• the Torah

The four social classes of Ancient India are called ______.

• levels

• varnas

• classes

• groups

The top of the caste system, the most powerful varnas in India, was the _______.

• priests [Brahmins]

• warriors, rulers [Kshatriyas]

• common people [Vaisyas]

• laborers, servants [Sudras]

Scholars refer to the varna system as a ________.

• social class system

• leveling system

• caste system

• moral system