Unit 4 Indus River Valley Vocabulary

Mt. Everest and the Himalayas form.......

• The southern border of Indian subcontinent

• The northern border of Indian subcontinent

• a natural barrier

• a man made barrier

Match the following bodies of water in/near Southern Asia

• Flows SE from Himilayas

• Arabian Sea

• Ocean south of India, 20% of total ocean

• Indus River

• Off Eastern Shore of India

• Indian Ocean

• NW Extension of Indian Ocean

• Bay of Bengal

• Flows SW from Tibet to Arabian Sea

• Ganges River

Click on location of the mountain range that is a barrier between Afghanistan and India

This geographic feature provides strategic and economic value in the Hindu Kush Mountains, between Pakistan and Afghanistan

Click on the approximate location of Mohenjo-Daro

Click on the approximate location of Harappa

The capital and largest city of India is ​ (a)   , while ​ (b)   is the 2nd largest city

• New Delhi
• Mumbai
• Harappa
• Mohenjo-Daro

Click on the native polytheistic religion of India

Click on the Happiness Belief system developed during the 500's BCE

Match the following political locations and empires

• Pataliputra

• Nomads who may have ended Indus civlizations

• Aryans

• Muryan and Gupta Empire's capital

• Ayodhya

• Empire founded by Chandra Gupta

• Mauryan

• Empire founded by Chandragupta Maurya

• Gupta

• Birthplace of Rama