Ancient India Review

India is part of which continent?

• North America

• Africa

• Asia

• Europe

Which one of the oceans is to the south of India?

• Arctic

• Pacific

• Atlantic

• Indian

The two major rivers of India are the...?

• Tigris and Euphrates

• Indus and Ganges

• Nile and Amazon

• Guang He and Chang Jiang

The mountain range which separates India from China is the...

• Himalayan Mountain Range

• Hindu-Kush Mountain Range

Which weather pattern in India causes distinct wet and dry seasons?

• Monsoons

• Hurricanes

• Blizzards

• Typhoons

What two cities were at the center of the Indus Valley Civilization?

• Sparta and Athens

• Sumer and Ur

• Memphis and Thebes

• Mohenjo-Daro and Harappa

India is known as both

• supercontinent

• subcontinent

• island

• peninsula

The collection of tribes people moved into India from north of the Black and Caspian Sea around 1500 BCE.

• Aryans

• Egyptians

• Brahmans

• Hittites

We cannot read the Harappan language, but we can read the language of the Aryans, which is...

• Cuneiform

• Pictographs

• Sanskrit

• Hieroglyphics

Select one reason why the Aryans are so important to India's history.

• They destroyed the Harappan culture.

• The leader united all of India under a set of laws.

• Their social structure developed into the Caste System, and their religion developed into Hinduism.

• They were the first to farm and bring trade to India.