River Valley Civs/Indus Valley Review

Other than water, identify important resources early people got from rivers and what those resources were used for? SELECT ALL THAT APPLY.

• SILT - fertilized soil

• MUD - used to make bricks

• REEDS - used as building material and early form of paper

• FISH - to eat - YUM!

Identify which inventions below are from the Bronze Age. SELECT ALL THAT APPLY.

• WHEEL - made transporting goods and people faster

• WRITING - made it easier to pass information along

• SAIL - made transporting goods and people faster

• COCONUTS - fun to say, not so tasty

Which series is a complete list of the characteristics of civilization?

• farming, cities, government, social classes, writing, art, irrigation

• cities, government, religion, job specialization, social classes, writing, art + architecture

• bronze tools, artisans, religion, job specialization, social classes, writing, art + architecture

• cities, government, religion, coconuts, coconut cream pie, coconut milk, coconut macaroon

Identify TWO choices below that correctly list a CHARACTERISTIC OF CIVILIZATION with an explanation of how that characteristic changed the lives of early humans.

• RELIGION - it made civilizations more coconutty

• WRITING - it made it easier to pass along info and keep records

• GOVERNMENTS - organized people, resources, and building projects

• CITIES - helped transport coconuts to the palm tree of Gilgamesh

Where is much of South Asia’s most fertile land located?

• Hindu Kush Mountains

• Deccan Plateau

• Indo-Gangetic Plain

• Inside the coconut

Which of the following best describes Mohenjo-Daro and Harappa?

• small and overcrowded cities

• well-planned cities built of mud-brick

• Large and sparsely populated towns

• coconutty

The region called South Asia is geographically distinct from the rest of Asia. It is also called the Indian _____.

• subcontinent

• peninsula

• archipelago

• coconut

South Asia is bordered on the north by the ____ and other mountain ranges.

• Eastern and Western Ghats

• Thar Desert

• Himalayas

• coconut in the palm tree

Seasonal winds called ______ blow through South Asia from east to west in the winter and west to east in the summer.

• Mohenjo Daro

• manatees

• monsoons

• coconut Ferrero Rocher

Which choice below best describes the purpose of a citadel?

• it was used for storing grain

• it was an area with a high wall, like a fortress, to protect important buildings

• it was used for irrigation and water storage

• it was an area full of coconuts in the palm trees