Ancient India: Geography and Indus Valley B

A large landmass that juts out from a continent is called a (a)  

• subcontinent
• peninsual
• isthmus
• cape

What ocean surrounds India? (a)  

• Atlantic Ocean
• Pacific Ocean
• Indian Ocean
• Arctic Ocean

What mountain range separates India from Asia? (a)  

• Sierra Nevada Mountains
• Mount Everest
• Hindu Kush Mountains
• Himalayas

What are the two major rivers of Ancient India? (a)  

• Indus & Ganges
• Tigris & Euphrates
• Nile & Blue Nile
• Huang He & Yangtze

Where do the Ganges and Indus Rivers begin? (a)  

• The Hindu Kush Mountains.
• The Appalachian Mountains.
• The Himalayas.
• The Deccan Plateau.

A strong, seasonal wind across India is called a (a)  

• hurricane
• typhoon
• monsoon
• cyclone

Why did people settle along the rivers? (a)  

• Water
• Farming
• Travel
• All of the above.

One of India's earliest cities, located along the banks of the Indus River, was ___________________________

• Ur

• Mohenjo-Daro

• Cairo

• Hindu Kush

Early farmers in the Indus Valley produced

• food from poor soil

• only rice

• a surplus of food

• the citadel

Mohenjo-Daro literally means "place or hill of the dead."

• True

• False