Ancient India

a large distinguishable part of a continent, such as North America or southern Africa

• peninsula

• subcontinent

• island

• lake

mountain system which blocks off India from the rest of Asia

• Andes

• Appalachian

• Himalaya

• Colorado

Two rivers in Northern India

• Tigris and Euphrates

• Ganges and Indus

• New and Tar

• Amazon and Nile

The water brought by _____________ rains allowed agriculture to develop away from India’s major rivers.

• earthquakes

• tornadoes

• hurricanes

• monsoon

What were the two major cities of the Indus Valley?

• Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro

• Mecca and Jerusalem

• Sumer and Babylonia

• Egypt and Kush

Rivers and oceans assisted Ancient Indians in ____________

• war

• quest

• trading

• worship

Early Assyrians developed a written language when they became farmers. What is the name of their written language?

• hieroglyphs

• tabloids

• calligraphy

• Sanskrit