Chapter 3 Ancient India

What the geography of India does NOT include.

• High mountains

• Great rivers

• Heavy seasonal rain

• Tigris and Euphrates

A large landmass that is smaller than a continent.

• Tectonic Plate

• Island

• Subcontinent

• Himalaya

Major winds and rains in the Indian Ocean that blow

into India for half the year, and blow away from

India for the other half.

• Hurricane

• Monsoon

• Monson

• Sanskrit

These mountains in northern India that separate it

from China and are the tallest in the world.

• Andes

• Rocky

• Monsoons

• Himalayas

A valley and early civilization along the Indus River,

one of the longest rivers in the world.

• Nile River Valley

• Indus River Valley

• Amazon River Valley

• Indian River Valley

What scholars do not know about the Harrapan

civilization.

• How they farmed

• How it ended

• How the city was built

• They had irrigation

Central Asian people that began taking over

territory as the Harappan civilization dissipated.

• Sumerians

• Aryans

• Sanskrit

• Brahmin

The most important language of ancient India,

brought by the Aryans.

• Brahmanism

• Asoka

• Sanskrit

• Chandra

Religion of the Aryans

• Brahmin

• Hinduism

• Buddhism

• Asoka

The rebirth of the soul.

• Christianity

• Reincarnation

• Missionaries

• Caste System