Chapter 25, Ancient India Review

Since the Himalaya mountain system blocks off India from the rest of Asia, India is known as a __________.

• continent

• subcontinent

• civilization

Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro were two large ancient cities in India with populations of about 35,000 people each.

• true

• false

India's first civilization began in the Indus River valley.

• true

• false

India's climate had __________, or strong winds, that brought either cold, dry air during winter or warm, wet air during summer.

• subcontinent

• Sanskrit

• monsoons

• hurricanes

The landscape of India was made up of various mountain systems, the Deccan Plateau and the Ganges plains.

• true

• false

The two main rivers in ancient India where the civilizations began, were the _________ and __________ Rivers.

• Tigris and Euphrates

• Nile and Amazon

• Indus and Ganges

After the people of the Indus Valley began to leave their cities, the __________ began settling in the river valley. They were known as nomads and raised cattle.

• Aryans

• Indus

• Hindus

Once the Aryans settled in the river valley and began to farm, they decided that cattle were sacred and continued eating meat from cattle.

• true

• false

The Aryans developed a written language called _______ so they could write down sales and trade information, songs, stories and prayers.

• cuneiform

• hieroglyphics

• English

• Sanskrit

The earliest hymns, poems and prayers in Indian culture is known as __________.

• Brahman

• Sudras

• Vedas

• raja