India Lesson 2

Largest city of the Indus Valley civilization. It was centrally located in the extensive floodplain of the Indus River. Believed to have had a complex society with architecture and city planning.

• Mohenjo-daro
• Taxila
• Ur
• Harappa

the most important language of ancient India which remains uudecoded brought to the region by the Aryans

• Sanskrit
• Greek
• Latin
• Hindi

This system was used to determine the lengths of roads

• Compass
• Tachometer
• Weights and Measures

• Speedometer

What system was used to build homes in Mohenjo-Daro?

• System of thatched roofs and mud walls in a haphazard way.

• System of glass and steel structures in a cylindrical pattern

• System of inflatable buildings and cardboard walls in a circular pattern

• Unique system of baked bricks and wooden structures in a grid pattern

The complex society of Mohenjo-Daro had these two amenities or comforts

• Basic sanitation system and private pools
• Primitive sewage system and communal showers
• Sophisticated drainage system and public baths
• Advanced irrigation system and personal saunas

Mohenjo-Daro under the Harappan civilization was believed to have disappeared due to this ...

• Natural disasters and changes in the course of the river
• Zombie apocalypse
• Time travel paradox
• Alien invasion

The creation of statues during the Harappan civilization suggests.

• A sophisticated society with organized labor and resources.

• Primitive tools and lack of artistic development
• Chaotic society with no organization
• Limited resources and lack of creativity

The fact that both Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro societies had people who worked with metals, pottery, cloth and trading suggests ...

• a low level of economic and social organization.
• a lack of specialization in different crafts.
• a complete absence of trade between the two societies.
• a high level of economic and social organization.

Nomads from Europe and Asia who migrated to India and finally settled in the Indus River Valley were called ...

• Dravidians
• Vikings
• Mongols
• Aryans

Aryan people, who traveled with their herd were called...

• settlers
• wanderers
• explorers
• nomads