Ancient India Quiz Part 1

The geography of ancient India affects how the civilizations in the Indus valley developed. Strong seasonal winds called______________, provided the water needed to grow a surplus of crops. The Indus Valley was protected from outside invasions by the _____________ mountain range which also made the peninsula a subcontinent. When the Aryan people immigrated into the Indus Valley they were led by a prince or leader called a ______________. When the civilization started to grow, the people developed a written language called _____________to keep records of trade.

Which of the following is one of India's two most important rivers?

• Arabian

• Bengal

• Ganges

• Indian

The large cities of the Indus Valley civilization featured homes made mostly of what material?

• mud-brick

• grass

• stone

• wood

What natural disasters possibly caused the people of the Indus Valley to begin to abandon their cities?

• disease and famine

• Earth quakes and flooding.

• hurricanes and wildfires

• volcanoes and monsoons

Which was a nomadic people that entered the Indus River valley around 1500 B.C.?

• Aryans

• Ganges

• Sudras

• rajas

In India's varna system, the Kshatriyas class contained which people?

• common people

• priests

• Untouchables

• warriors and rulers