Ch 9.1 India Early Civilization

A large landmass that is separated from the rest of the continent. India is an example of this.

• subcontinent

• plateau

• monsoons

• Asia

seasonal winds that have a large influence on India's climate

• Asia

• plateau

• subcontinent

• monsoons

In ancient India, people were born into their _____ where they remained for life.

• Vedas

• Varna

• family

• country

The Indian subcontinent is part of the continent of _____.

• Asia

• China

• Europe

• Middle East

the southern two-thirds of India is made up of this landform

• mountains

• plateau

• desert

• grassland

a social group that one is born into and cannot change

• caste

• upper class

• priests

• class

the prince or leader of an Aryan tribe

• pharaoh

• genghis

• raja

• Chief

mountain range blocking Indian subcontinent from Asia

• Hindu Kush

• Himalayas

• Rockies

• Western Ghats

the written language developed in Aryan villages

• Sanskrit

• Hindi

• Indo-European

• Indian

Aryans wrote these sacred texts

• Vedas

• Varnes

• Poems

• Sanskrit