The Indus River Civilization and India's Vedic Age

What do we call a large part of a continent?

• Subcontinent

• Monsoon

• Karma

• Nirvana

Why do geographers divide areas into regions?

• To create more work for themselves
• To better understand and analyze the characteristics and features of different areas
• To confuse people with unnecessary divisions
• To make the maps look more interesting

What is a monsoon?

• A type of dessert made with chocolate and cream
• A type of fast-moving river
• A type of tropical fruit
• Seasonal wind pattern that can brings heavy rainfall

What two rivers are important to the development of civilization in India?

• Mississippi River and Yangtze River
• Volga River and Danube River
• Nile River and Amazon River
• Indus River and Ganges River

What two mountain ranges are located in the north and northwest of the Indian subcontinent?

• Rocky Mountains and Andes
• Appalachian Mountains and Alps
• Sierra Nevada and Cascade Range
• Himalayas and Hindu Kush

Where did the earliest civilizations develop in Ancient India?

• Ganges River Valley
• Deccan Plateau
• Indus Valley region
• Himalayan Mountains

What are to two important cities from the Indus Valley civilization?

• Delhi and Mumbai
• Mohenjo-Daro and Harappa
• Cairo and Alexandria
• Rome and Athens

What important innovations developed in Indus Valley cities?

• Advanced urban planning, standardized weights and measures, and a sophisticated drainage system
• Construction of pyramids, use of hieroglyphics, and creation of irrigation systems
• Invention of the wheel, domestication of animals, and development of writing system
• Introduction of gunpowder, establishment of trade routes, and development of metalworking techniques

What is true about writing from the Indus Valley civilizations?

• The Indus script was based on the Latin alphabet.
• The Indus script is the oldest known writing system in the world.
• The Indus script has not been deciphered yet.
• The Indus script is easily understood by modern scholars.

What is one theory of what happened to the Indus Valley civilization?

• Environmental factors such as drought and changes in the course of the river
• Time travel interference
• Zombie apocalypse
• Alien invasion