Indus River Valley Check

Select the names of the two cities in the Ancient Indus River Valley

• Mohenjo-Dara & Harappa

• Tigris & Euphrates

• Greece & Rome

• Aryan & Himalayans

What was the purpose of the citadel

• provided protection for the royal family

• served as a temple

• contained all the major buildings of the city

• all answers are true

How did the Ancient Indus people make bricks

• used concrete

• they didn't know how to make bricks

• Mixed water from the river and soil

• built them with metal

The Indus Valley civilization shows the first and most efficient ancient urban sanitation systems in the world?

• True

• False

Only the wealthy had indoor bathrooms

• True

• False

How was waste water removed from the cities?

• people had to manually remove the waste in buckets

• connected pipes carried wastewater underground out of the city

• they did not have an efficient way to remove waste

• waste was removed by flowing down the street

Has the written language of ancient India been translated yet?

• Yes

• No

How do historians know that the Indus river valley was one of the most advanced cities of its time?

• well built structures

• planned cities

• technology

• all statements are true

Which natural element made trade easy for those living in Ancient India

• The Monsoon winds

• The Indian Ocean

• The Nile

• The Indus River

This image represents Indus ____________ which provide visuals to their written language

• hieroglyphics

• seals

• cuneiform

• none of the above