The Early Civilization of India #1

Where did India's first civilization begin?

• In the Himalaya Mountains

• In the Indus River Valley

• Along the Ganges River

• Along the Nile River

What are the two major rivers of Ancient India?

• Tigris & Euphrates

• Nile & Mississippi

• Ganges & Indus

• Grungy & Indiana

What is a monsoon?

• cold wind

• flooding

• strong seasonal winds

• a river

Why did the people of Ancient India depend upon the summer monsoon?

• It brought much needed rainfall

• It caused destruction for their enemies

• It heated the region up

• It dried up all of the flooding

Which two cities of Ancient India that were discovered in the 1920's?

• Aryan & Indian

• Aryan & Harappan

• Mohnejo-Daro & Harappa

• Houston & Austin

The ancient city of Harappa has such features as:

• Private wells

• Private bathrooms

• 1 & 2 story homes

• All of these!

What happened to cause the Indus Valley Civilization to leave their cities?

• They went to war with each other.

• An earthquake moved the Indus River.

• The sun burned up the crops.

• A tsunami hit the area.

• None of these- their disappearance is a mystery

Archaeologists found a large central bath/pool at Monejo-Daro and named it _____.

• Hot tub!

• The Epic Bath

• The Great Bath

• The Awesome Bath

The Indus Valley written language has given us helpful clues into their daily lives.

• True- much has been learned from their writing.

• False- scholars have not determined how to read their writing.

The houses and buildings of the Indus Valley people were made out of this:

• papyrus

• oven-baked bricks

• wood and stone

• clay and grass