Early India and China

What Mountain Range is located in the Northern part of India

• Himalayas
• Alps
• Cacuses
• Rocky 

Indian civilization began around the

• Ganges River
• Indus River
• Indian Ocean
• Arabian Sea

The _______________ and the _________________ rivers were the two most important waterways in early India

• Nile, James 
• Indus, Ganges 
• Indus, Ganges Tigrus, Euphrates
• Huang He, Yangtze  

The Indus, Yellow, Nile and Tigris Rivers are all similar in that they

• were the only sources of water in their area
• all have predictable patterns of flooding
• were the only means of transportation
• bring rich soil and irrigation waters with floods

·  Himalayas
·  Indian Ocean
·  Hindu Kush
The box above is referring to the ______________ of India

• geography
• economy
• religion
• education

The Aryan were _____________ from Europe and their name means ____________.

• nomads, commoners
• nomads, nobles
• farmers, commoners
• farmers, nobles

According to the map, the Aryans migrated from Europe to India through the

• Hindu Kush Mountains
• Gobi Desert
• Himalayan Mountains
• Ganges River

This diagram  illustrates the key concepts of which religion?

• Islam
• Hindusim
• Buddism
• Confucianism

The Aryans started a caste system which was hereditary, meaning that your place in society was determined by

• choice
• money
• work
• birth

Which of the following is true about the caste system in India? 

• a person’s occupation did not depend on their caste
• the caste system determined a person’s marriage
• people could marry whomever they wanted to
• the Aryans were at the bottom of the caste system