Ancient India Lesson 1

A fortress, typically on high ground, protecting or dominating a city

• Ziggurat

• Pyramid

• Citadel

• Church

First city in India; discovered in the Indus River Valley of Pakistan in 1922

• Mohenjo-Daro

• Jerusalem

• Ur

• Harappa

The main religion of India

• Buddhism

• Judaism

• Christianity

• Hinduism

A person who studies human history and prehistory through the excavation of sites and the analysis of artifacts and other physical remains

• Historian

• Geologist

• Archaeologist

• Botanist

“Hill of death”; the second city of India

• Mohenjo-Daro

• Harappa

• Ur

• Babylon

An ancient Indo-European language of India

• Cuneiform

• Hieroglyphics

• Sanskrit

• Mandarin

What seasonal winds, in the Indian area, bring in dry air for one part of the year, and rains the other part of the year?

• Typhoons

• Monsoons

• Hurricanes

• Cyclones

Name this geographical feature.

• Indian Mountain

• Alps Mountains
• Hindu Kush _Mountains
• Himalaya Mountains

What is this geographical feature known as?

• Euphrates River
• Ganges River 
• Nile River
• Indus River

Name this body of water.

• Arabian Sea

• Red Sea

• Black Sea

• Bay of Bengal