F & C L14 Indus River Valley Mohenjodaro

A ___________________ is usually separated from the rest of the continent by physical features, such as mountains.

• Monsoon
• Subcontinent
• Continent
• Country

The mountains to the north of India are called..

• The Rocky Mountains

• The Andes Mountains

• The Himalayas

• Caucasus Mountains

The Himalaya Mountains form India's northern border. What is one possible benefit of the mountains being there?

• roads for trade routes
• constant supply of water
• fertile farmland for crops
• protection from enemies

The __________was India’s first civilization.

• Aryans
• Harappan Civilization
• Sanskrit
• Monsoon

Harappan civilization, which included ancient Mohenjodaro, developed in the

• Western Ghats

• Deccan Plateau

• Indus River valley

• Ganges River valley

What were the names of the two famous Indus Valley cities?

• Tigris and Euphrates

• Harappa and Mohenjo Daro

• Ganges and Everest

• Cairo and Alexandria

What were the cities of the Indus River Valley like? (two answers here)

• They were unplanned messes.

• They were laid out in a grid pattern.

• They had drainage and sewer systems.

• They had uneven brick homes.

Which feature of Mohenjodaro was quite different from other settlements of that time?

• high wall

• dirt roads

• brick homes

• sewer system

The discovery of a scale, stone weights, and a marked rod suggests that the people of Mohenjodaro

• had uniform ways to measure.

• knew how to make tools of iron.

• traded with people from far away.

• started a new kind of mathematics.

What do these seals tell historians about Mohenjodaro?

• The types of jobs people did.

• The types of animals people saw.

• The types of jewelry people wore.

• The types of gods people worshiped.