Indus River Valley Civilization Quiz

What two major cities were part of the Indus River Valley Civilization?

• Rome and Athens

• Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro

• Cairo and Babylon

• Beijing and Tokyo

Which river was important to the Indus Valley Civilization?

• Nile River

• Indus River

• Amazon River

• Yangtze River

What material did people in the Indus Valley use to build their homes?

• Wood

• Stone

• Baked bricks

• Metal

What system did the Indus Valley people create to keep their cities clean?

• Underground drainage system

• Water wells

• Canals for farming

• Rainwater collection

What type of writing did the Indus Valley people use?

• Cuneiform

• Hieroglyphics

• Sanskrit

• Pictographs (symbols)

What do we call the large storage buildings that held extra grain?

• Granaries

• Temples

• Palaces

• Markets

Why don’t we know much about the Indus Valley Civilization?

• Their writing is undeciphered

• No buildings remain

• They had no records

• They lived too long ago

What was a key feature of Indus Valley cities?

• Narrow dirt roads

• Large temples for kings

• Well-planned streets in a grid pattern

• Small, crowded houses

What was a common job in the Indus Valley Civilization?

• Sailors

• Farmers

• Blacksmiths

• Soldiers

What is one possible reason the Indus Valley Civilization disappeared?

• A powerful king ended it

• They moved away

• Natural disasters

• They lost a war