Indus Valley Vocabulary Quiz

Sanskirt

• A written language developed by the Aryans to record sacred songs, poems, and prayers.

• A social and religious hierarchy that a person is born into and cannot change.

• The highest mountain range in the world.

• A group of people from central Asia who began settling in the region of the Harappan civilization after its collapse.

Arayans

• A written language developed by the Aryans to record sacred songs, poems, and prayers.

• A social and religious hierarchy that a person is born into and cannot change.

• The highest mountain range in the world.

• A group of people from central Asia who began settling in the region of the Harappan civilization after its collapse.

Caste System

• A written language developed by the Aryans to record sacred songs, poems, and prayers.

• A social and religious hierarchy that a person is born into and cannot change.

• The highest mountain range in the world.

• A group of people from central Asia who began settling in the region of the Harappan civilization after its collapse.

Vedas

• Book of Knowledge in the Hindu religion.

• Religion still practiced in Asia founded by Siddartha Gautama

• The oldest religion in the world

• The belief that the soul is reborn after death

Monsoons

• Strong wind that blows one direction in the winter and the opposite direction in the summer

• Organized government, culture, religion, and a writing system

• Members of the upper class; priests, teachers, scholars

• Commoners including farmers, merchants, and artisans

Civilization

• Strong wind that blows one direction in the winter and the opposite direction in the summer

• Organized government, culture, religion, and a writing system

• Members of the upper class; priests, teachers, scholars

• Commoners including farmers, merchants, and artisans

Peninsula

• People with few rights;  servants

• Land surrounded by water on 3 sides

• Buddhist teaching about a way to achieve nirvana

• Member of the army, warriors, and rulers.

• Ancient structure that was used as part of a bathing ritual

Separated the subcontinent from the rest of Asia. It was extremely difficult for outside invaders to reach the subcontinent without making dangerous journeys over this geological feature

• Thar Desert

• Indus and Ganges River

• The Himalayan Mountains

• Indian Ocean

This physical feature provided food and water.

• Thar Desert

• Indus and Ganges River

• The Himalayan Mountains

• Tigris and Euphrates RIver

a belief that the spirit or soul goes from one life to the next

• reincarnation

• hinduism

• vedas

• Indus seals