12/16/22 Geography of Ancient India Quiz

India is known as a:

• continent
• subcontinent
• new country
• the land of rivers

What acts as a natural barrier and border for India

• The Himalayan Mountains
• The Hindu Kush Mountains
• The Indus River
• The Ganges River

Which TWO rivers flow through India

• The Ganges and the Euphrates
• The Tigris and the Nile
• The Indus and the Nile
• The Indus and the Ganges

What is a “Subcontinent?”

• The same as a regular continent.

• A large area of land separated from the rest of a continent by geographic features.

• A large Island that is surrounded by a group of smaller islands.

• A country that is larger than the countries surrounding it.

Beside the rivers, what is another major source of water for India?

• The Indian Ocean
• The Ganges River
• The monsoon storms
• Hurricanes

What was one of the drawbacks of farming in ancient India?

• The floods left silt.
• Cotton, barely, sesame, and wheat were planted
• The rivers often changed course
• They didn't have any cows

A sea located on the west side of India connecting India with Mesopotamia and Egypt

• Mediterranean Sea

• West Sea

• Red Sea

• Arabian Sea

By which river did the Harrappan people live?

• Sarasvati

• Ganges

• Indus

• Himalayan

Because of its large size and its position in relation to large masses of land and water, India is called

• a plateau

• an isthmus

• an ecosystem

• a subcontinent.

The Ganges River is located directly __________ of the Himalayas

• north

• south

• east

• west