Indus Valley Civilization Quiz

What part of India is the Indus river located in?

• Northeast

• South

• Northwest

• Central

Which word means a "fortress built to protect a city"?

• citadel

• citizen

• channel

• archaeologist

Which word means "an object that is of culture or historical importance and is made by a human"?

• geological feature

• channel

• artificial

• artifact

Which word means "a passage dug into the earth where water or liquid can flow"

• ocean

• charter

• channel

• citadel

What is Mohenjodaro?

• A religion practiced in India

• One of the main cities of the Indus valley civilization

• A game played by the Indus valley civilization

• A river in India

What caused the downfall (failure, end) of Mohenjodaro?

• flooding

• foreign armies (armies from other countries)

• earthquakes

• experts are not 100% sure (they don’t really know)

In which of these years was Mohenjodaro an active settlement?

• 8000 BCE

• 2550 BCE

• 1000 BCE

• 600 BCE

How did modern scholars learn that Mohenjodaro had ever existed?

• Astronauts saw it from space.

• Teachers found letters that the ancient Indians wrote to explain their culture.

• Archaeologists found its ruins and studied artifacts.

• Geographers studied old maps and one day finally found where Mohenjodaro was.

Part of Mohenjodaro was raised and surrounded by a wall. What does this suggest about the city?

• It had traders who needed easy access to the city.

• It had priests who wanted to live separately from the rest of the people.

• Mohenjodaro was mostly a peaceful farming community.

• It had enemies who might attack the residents.

Which fact shows that Mohenjodaro was carefully planned/built?

• Wheeled carts were pulled by animals.

• The houses were made of mud bricks.

• Some of the houses were larger than others.

• The city was divided into blocks.