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The festival of Diwali, which begins the Hindu New Year, celebrates

• the changing of the seasons.

• the victory of good over evil.

• the food from a good harvest.

• the long life of the wise elders.

Which of these sentences is true of most Hindu temples?

• They contain elaborate sculptures.

• They face west toward the setting sun.

• They are placed as far from cities as possible.

• They are small so as not to distract worshipers.

Which feature of Mohenjodaro was quite different from other settlements of that time?

• high wall

• dirt roads

• brick homes

• sewer system

Harappan civilization, which included ancient Mohenjodaro, developed in the

• Western Ghats.

• Deccan Plateau.

• Indus River valley.

• Ganges River valley.

How did modern scholars learn that Mohenjodaro had ever existed?

• Astronauts saw it from space.

• Historians read ancient scrolls.

• Archaeologists found its ruins.

• Geographers studied old maps.

The discovery of a scale, stone weights, and a marked rod suggests that the people of Mohenjodaro

• had uniform ways to measure.

• knew how to make tools of iron.

• traded with people from far away.

• started a new kind of mathematics.

Which of Ashoka's actions best expressed his Buddhist values?

• allowing slavery

• keeping a strong army

• putting criminals to death

• treating all of his servants well

How are the Indus and Ganges rivers similar to the Nile River in Egypt?

• They begin in the same general area.

• They carry silt that enriches the soil.

• They flow in the same general direction.

• They have big floods that prevented early settlement.

Farmers in the Deccan Plateau use the iron-rich black soil principally to raise

• tea.

• sheep.

• cotton.

• oranges.

Which of the following groups of people made it possible to construct complex buildings like this one?

• historians

• monks

• astrologers

• mathematicians