Early 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

After being nomadic cattle herders, what economic activity did the Aryans begin to do?

• Shipbuilding

• Fighting in wars

• farming

• killing cows for food

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

• cuneiform
• Sanskrit
• hieroglyphics
• Hindi

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

• country
• subcontineent
• state
• region

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.

What physical feature gave the Indus valley natural protection?

• Red Sea
• Mediterranean Sea
• Fertile Crescent
• Himalayan Mountains

In which language did Aryans write their poems and hymns?

• Indian
• Vedic
• Sanskirt
• Harapan

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