Social Studies - The Indus River Valley

The mountains in the north that seperates India from the rest of Asia are the

• Khyber Pass

• Himalayas

• Rockies

• Casscade

What river did people start to settle along in Ancient India

• Indus

• Ganges

• Nile

• Amazon

____________ is the seasonal winds that affects the climate and seasons in India

• trade

• citadel

• Khyber

• monsoons

A central fortress in Ancient Indian cities was called __________

• keep

• monsoon

• citadel

• brahamin

What were the sacred text of the Aryans?

• Ten Commandments

• cuneiform

• Hieroglyphics

• vedas

One of India's earliest cities, located along the banks of the Indus River, was

• Citadel

• Mohenjo-Daro

• India

• Mesopotamia

Summer monsoons were dry.

• True

• False

Winter monsoons were dry.

• True

• False

Foreigners came to the Indus River Valley through passes in

• Mesopotamia

• the Himalayan Mountains

• the Hindu Kush Mountains

• Mohenjo-Daro

What classes were included in the Aryan caste system?

• priests

• slaves

• warriors

• farmers

• laborers