Ancient India Quiz

India is separated from other countries in Asia by the ______, the highest mountain range in the world.

• Himalayas

• Alps

• Rocky Mountains

• Balkan Mountains

Small gaps in the Himalayas allowed people to pass through and settle in places like the ______.

• Indus River Valley

• Nile River Valley

• Gobi Dessert

• Tigris River Valley

The ______ and the ___ rivers cut through the Himalayas.

• Indus

• Tigris

• Rubicon

• Ganges

In the Indus River Valley, the cities of _____ and _______ emerged around 2600 BCE and grew to nearly 40,000 people.

• Harappa

• Mohenjo-Daro

• Mumbai

• Istanbul

The cities were

• carefully laid out in a grid

• poorly organized

• very dirty and crowded

• very small with the only buildings being homes

A _______is a fortress that overlooks the city.

• citadel

• caste

• Brahman

• Sanskrit

Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro had advanced ______________. There were public wells, and many buildings had a bathroom.

• drainage systems

• aqueducts

• weapons

• farming tools

Trade was prosperous; copper and lumber were the main exports. They traded with_______, and similarities in art suggest the two cultures mimicked each other's best work.

• Sumer

• Egypt

• Rome

• Greece

Around 2000 BCE the Indus valley farmers began to _____ their land--maybe because of natural disasters and invasions by nomads.

• abandon

• farm

• settle

• defend

Around 1500 BCE ______ moved in from Central Asia and mixed with the original inhabitants of the Indus Valley, creating a new culture that eventually spread into the Ganges valley located to the east.

• Aryans

• Mongols

• Huns

• Romans