River Valleys - India and China

What river ran through the Indus Valley civilization?

• Tigris River
• Euphrates River
• Huang Ho River
• Indus River

What were the capital cities of ancient Indus Valley?

• Ur and Sumer
• Babylon and Thebes
• Mohenjo-Daro and Harappa
• Harappa and Memphis

Buildings and streets in Harappa and Mohenjo-daro were arranged in a 

• mountain
• grid
• circle

This mountain range separates India from East Asia/China.

• Alps

• Carpathian

• Himalayas

• Indialius

Why were the seasonal monsoons favorable to the development of the Indus Valley civilization?

• Brought rain, and flooding but also watered crops
• Deposited fertilizer to grow crops
• People did not want to live in the terrible climate

Name the two rivers that were part of the Indus Valley 

• Euphrates and Nile
• Arabian and Bengal
• Ganges and Indus

Priests and leaders were _____________ which was the highest class of Indus Valley people.

• Brahmans

• Kshatryia

• Vaishya

• Shudras

___________________ were at the very bottom of the caste system, technically not belonging to a caste at all.

• Untouchables

• Shudras

• Vaishya

• Brahmans

Which river is important in the development of Chinese civilization?

• The Gobi River
• The Shang River
• The Huang River
• The Zhou River

A ruling family could also be called a...

• dynasty
• clan
• tribe
• monarchy