7th Grade Mid-Term Exam Study Guide

Define these terms: Subcontinent, Monsoon, Citadel, Himalayas, Mohenjo-Daro, Harappa, Dholavira.

How did rivers and monsoons support the development of India’s first civilizations?

Name 4 achievements of the Indus Valley Civilization.

What 2 advantages did living near mountains give the people of the Indus Valley?

Which civilizations did the Indus Valley people trade with, and what made trade possible?

Different possibilities exist for why the Indus Valley Civilization disappeared. Which of these were related to environmental reasons?

Define these terms: Caste, Vedas, Sanskrit.

How does the caste system work?

Define these terms: Chandragupta, Bureaucracy.

How did Chandragupta start the Maurya empire and make it grow?