Lesson 4-1 Review

Most Indus Valley people lived in

• farming villages`

• large cities

• small towns

• trading communities

What natural disasters possibly caused the people of the Indus Valley to begin to abandon their cities and villages?

• disease and famine

• earthquakes and floods

• hurricanes and wildfires

• volcanoes and monsoons

Which was a nomadic people that entered the Indus River valley around 1500 B.C.

• Aryans

• Brahmins

• Sudras

• Vaisyas

The Indian subcontinent is part of the continent of

• Africa

• Asia

• Europe

• India

strong seasonal winds that have a large influence on India's climate

• caste

• raja

• Himalaya

• Sanskrit

• monsoons

a social group that one is born into and cannot change

• caste

• raja

• Himalaya

• Sanskrit

• monsoons

the prince or leader of an Aryan tribe

• caste

• raja

• Himalaya

• Sanskrit

• monsoon

mountain range blocking Indian subcontinent from Asia

• caste

• raja

• Himalaya

• Sanskrit

• monsoon

the written language developed in Aryan villages

• caste

• raja

• Himalaya

• Sanskrit

• monsoon

What caste contained the priests?

• Brahmins

• Vaisyas

• Kshatriyas

• Sudras