WorksheetsMohenjodaro / Indus Valley Civilization
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 2mins
Symbol that stands for an object, sound, or idea.
citadel
pictograph
sanctum
Where was Mohenjodaro located?
The Indus River Valley.
By the Ganges River.
On the Deccan Plateau.
Which of the following is NOT a theory social scientists have for how Harappan Civilization ended?
Destroyed by the impact of a meteor.
Destroyed by invaders.
Ended by natural disasters like floods and earthquakes.
Balance scales, stone weights, and marked rods found in Mohenjodaro is evidence that the people there had...
a uniform system of weights and measures.
a complex written language.
a highly developed religious system.
One technological advancement that Mohenjodaro developed 2,000 years before anyone else was...
a sewer system.
the wheel.
bronze weaponry.
Mohenjodaro's lower city was divided by streets into different blocks, showing it was a...
a well-planned city.
primitive civilization.
classless society.
A large structure on the citadel, eight feet deep and dozens of feet long, that was used for bathing and possibly religious rituals.
The Great Bath
The Well of Ascension
The Inner Sanctum
What evidence is there that the people of Mohenjodaro were divided into richer and poorer classes?
Some houses had only a few rooms while others had many.
Their records describe the lives of the wealthy and poor.
Some houses were full of chests holding gold coins.
What game still played today is thought to have evolved from an ancient board game in India?
Chess
Monopoly
Among Us
Archaeologists think that the small seals found in Mohenjodaro may have been used...
as charms to ward off evil or by merchants to put wax tags on their goods.
as secret codes to access different levels of their society.
as part of a popular dice-and-board-game that they played.
During what period did the Harappan Civilization exist?
2700 to 1800 BCE.
3600 to 2900 BCE.
1400 to 600 BCE.
150 to 540 CE.
