Unit 3 Chapter 1 India

What landforms seperate India from the rest of the continent of Asia? Select the 2 correct responses.

• The Arabian Sea

• The Himalayan mountains

• The Sonoran Desert

• The Hindu-Kush Mountains

• The Pacific Ocean

What geographical feature helped to provide fertile soil for the Indus Valley civilization?

• HImalayan Mountains

• Indus River

• Hindu Kush Mountains

• Kyber Pass

What are 2 achievements of the Gupta Empire?

• determining the earth is round

• inventing addition and subtraction

• creating our writing system

• creating the number 0

• recording the first sighting of a shooting star

Hinduism believed in many gods. What type of religion is Hinduism?

• polytheistic

• monotheistic

Give 2 ways that having a stable food supply affected the Indus Valley civilization.

• they were able to trade for goods that they didn't have

• they were able to travel around the world

• they were able to specialize in jobs other than farming

• they were able to build large buildings

• they built irrigation systems

Choose 2 way that animals were domesticated in India.

• They used buffalo to swim.

• They used oxen to pull plows.

• They used dogs to babysit.

• They used elephants to help with building.

What helped with the development of Hinduism?

• Sanskrit

• domesticating animals

• seals to help trade

• monsoons that brought floods

What is another meaning for the word agriculture?

• terra cotta

• farming

• domesticating

• seal

A wind from the southwest or south that brings heavy rainfall to Asia during the summer months is called a __________________.

• flood

• domesticating

• monsoon

• plateau

A brownish red clay is called _________________.

• floods

• seal

• terra-cotta

• subcontinent