Ancient Civilization of South Asia

1. The study of India history based on _______ evidence.

• Historical

• Archaeological

• Geographical

• Scientific

2. The earliest sites of settlement appear at ________.

• Mehrgahr

• Mohenjo Daro

• Harappa

• Indus

3. The sophisticated urban centers of the _______ civilization developed in the 3rd millennium BCE.

• Indus

• Greek

• Ancient

• Harappan

4. The cities of Harappa and ________ were discovered through archeological work in the 1920s.

• Mohenjo Daro

• Luxar

• Mehrgahr

• Tutenkhamen

This is around the same time that Howard Carter was uncovering the tombs of Tutenkhamen at ________ in Egypt.

• Luxor

• Cairo

• Aswan

• Hurghada

6. The urban cities of the lower _______ is called the Harappan Civilization.

• Indus

• Plains

• Greek

• Land

7. The archeological discoveries at Mahrgarh and Mohenjo Daro are located in ___________ and ___________.

• Modern Pakistan and Northwest India

• Modern Pakistan and North India

• Modern Pakistan and West India

• Modern Pakistan and Northeast India

8. The cities of Mohenjo Daro and Mahrgarh exhibit considerable evidence of _______ planning and ________ civic life.

• urban and cooperative

• urban and social

• urban and economical

• urban and sophisticated

9._________ changes including the build up of slits and deposits and changing courses of the river that made the cities obsolete and unsustainable.

• Economical

• Social

• Political

• Environmental

10. A group of people arrived in India around _______BCE.

• 1700 CE

• 1600 CE

• 1800 CE

• 1500 CE