Ancient South Asia

Mohenjo Daro and Harappa are two ancient South Asia cities located on which river?

• Indus River

• Ganges River

• Nile River

• Euphrates River

The highest mountain range in the world.

Located on the border between the Indian subcontinent, Nepal, and China.

• Himalayas

• Hindu Kush

• Andes

• Kilimanjaro

A collection of ancient texts, including stories and teachings.

These texts formed the basis of Hinduism.

• Vedas

• moksha

• Himalayas

• Buddhism

A nomadic group of people who may have migrated into the Indian subcontinent,

bringing the Vedas with them.

• Aryans

• Babylonians

• Persians

• Egyptians

Written language of the Aryans.

The language used in the Vedas.

• Sanskrit

• Latin

• cuneiform

• hieroglyphics

The ruins of the ancient cities of Mohenjo Daro and Harappa are located in this country today.

• India

• Pakistan

• Bangladesh

• Afghanistan

A large land mass smaller than a continent.

India is an example.

• subcontinent

• island

• cape

• channel

According to Hinduism, it is all of the good and evil that a person has done in their life.

It may influence future lives.

• karma

• dharma

• reincarnation

• Brahma

Which is NOT a theory about what may have happened to cause the decline

of the Indus River valley civilization?

• invasion

• change in the river

• change in the monsoon

• conquered by the ancient Persians

Stone seals found in the Indus River valley

may have been used ...

• to mark goods

  for trading.

• write hieroglyphics.

• in religious rituals

  in the temple.

• as money.