Ancient India Week 1

What is a river in South Asia (India) that flows southwest from the Himalayas to the Arabian Sea?

• Ganges River

• Indus River

• Bay of Bengal

• Arabian Sea

What is a river in South Asia (India) that flows southeast from the Himalayas to the Bay of Bengal?

• Indus River

• Ganges River

• Thar Desert

• Deccan Plateau

What is the highest mountain range in the world that separates India from China?

• Himalayan Mountains

• Western Ghats

• Eastern Ghats

• Deccan Plateau

Who were the people who migrated through a pass in the northern Hindu Kush mountains in approximately 2000 BCE, settling in the Indus River Valley?

• Gupta Empire

• Indo-Aryans

• Harappan Civilization

• Monsoon

What is the term for the Golden Age of India that ruled through a central government but allowed village power?

• Harappan Civilization

• Gupta Empire

• Indus River Valley

• Indo-Aryans

What is another name for the Indus Valley civilization that arose along the Indus River, characterized by sophisticated city planning?

• Harappan Civilization

• Gupta Empire

• Deccan Plateau

• Indo-Aryans

What are the major winds in the Indian Ocean that blew into India for half the year and away from India for the other half?

• Monsoon

• Thar Desert

• Ganges River

• Arabian Sea

What is the bay that the Ganges River flows into, located north of the Indian Ocean, on the eastern side of India?

• Bay of Bengal

• Arabian Sea

• Indus River

• Thar Desert

What is also known as the Great Indian Desert and is the most densely populated desert in the world?

• Thar Desert

• Deccan Plateau

• Arabian Sea

• Ganges River

What is a high area of land at the center of the Indian subcontinent?

• Deccan Plateau

• Himalayan Mountains

• Western Ghats

• Eastern Ghats