Chapter 6 Lesson 1 Indus Valley Civilization

India is a subcontinent and separated by _____________________.

• the Hindu Kush and Himalayas

• the Indus River and Ganges River

• the Bay of Bengal and Arabian Sea

• the Brahmaputra River and Ganges

India's first civilization grew around the _______________ river.

• Indus

• Ganges

• Brahmaputra

• Euphrates

The _________________monsoons provided rain needed to water Indus Valley crops.

• fall

• winter

• spring

• summer

Once the Indus Valley people had a surplus, some people were then able to ____________________.

• farm

• specialize

• study

• migrate

Since there isn't enough evidence of a written _________________, archaeologists rely on artifacts to learn about the ___________Valley people.

• language, Sumerian

• records, Mongols

• language, Indus

• records, Ganges

Archaeologists discovered a lot about the Indus River Valley by uncovering __________________ and _______________.

• Ur and Babylon

• Mohenjo-Daro and Harappa

• Lothal and Assyria

• Thebes and Memphis

Mohenjo-Daro was broken into two sections which were....

• the Lower City and the Citadel

• the Town and the Square

• the Citadel and the Granary

• the Channel and the Fortress

The Citadel was where most of the ______________ building were located, like the Great Bath.

• private

• secret

• public

• rundown

Where did Indus Valley people hold their additional grain?

• the Citadel

• the Lower city

• the granary

• the villages

Since the Indus Valley people had common system of measurement and an organized grid patterned city, archaeologists believed....

• they were ruled by kings

• they had a strong, centralized government

• they were ruled by a dictator

• they had no government