Indus River Valley

True or False: The Himalayan Mountains are the highest mountains in the world.

• True

• False

Though we cannot read their writing - what proof do we have that they must have had a unified government?

• A well-written language inscribed on many tombs

• Well planned and organized cities and standardized weights and measurements

• Giant temples and monuments dedicated to the gods

• A code of law displayed in all cities

What is domestication?

• The process of allowing animals to be wild and to keep to their natural ways

• the process of taming an animal and keeping it as a pet or on a farm.

True or False: Indus Valley cities (like Mohenjo-Daro and Harappa) had populations in the thousands

• True

• False

The subcontinent of India is a peninsula which means that it...?

• A piece of land surrounded on three sides by water

• A piece of land surrounded on two sides by water

• A piece of land surrounded on four sides by water

• A piece of land surrounded on one side by water

True or False: We can read the language of the Indus Valley people

• True

• False

What are monsoons?

• Seasonal rain that bring different weather

• A mammal that is native to Asia and Africa

• Wet air

• Dry air

How did monsoons affect the people of the Indus Valley?

• Monsoons would bring rain to the valley for fertile crops

• It brought them trade

• It destroyed their crops

• People didn't have to farm in the months that there were monsoons

True or False: The Indus Valley people had paper and coin money

• True

• False

What did the Himalayan mountains provide for the people of the Indus Valley?

• Salt and trade routes

• An easy way to travel through central Asia

• Protection and snow run-off

• Animals for extra food