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Unlocking the Secrets of Mohenjodaro

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Where was Mohenjodaro located in India? 
a)
The Himalaya Mountains
b)
The Deccan Plateau
c)
The Indus River Valley
d)
The Eastern Ghats
2.
Archeologists found a structure that was 39 feet long and 8 feet deep.  What evidence did they find that made them think it was a pool? 
a)
A faucet
b)
Bathing suits
c)
Drawings
d)
A drain and what appeared to be dressing rooms
3.
What do these seals reveal about Mohenjodaro?  
a)
The types of jobs people did 
b)
The types of animals people saw
c)
The types of jewelry people wore
d)
The types of gods people worshiped
4.
Archeologists found a clay model of a bull pulling a cart.  What might the artifact say about Mohenjodaro’s people?  
a)
The people used bulls to pull plows
b)
The people moved things in carts
c)
The people invented the wheel
d)
The people raced carts for sport
5.
Part of Mohenjodaro was raised and had walls around it.  If this were all you know about Mohenjodaro, what is your best educated guess about what it means? 
a)
The city had religious leaders who lived apart from everyone else
b)
The city had enemies and the residents needed to protect themselves
c)
The city had traders who lived closest to the city’s roads
d)
The city had poor people and the rich wanted to stay away from them
6.
The people of Mohenjodaro lived in the citadel.
a)
true
b)
false
7.
What is a citadel?
a)
A citadel is a large home where royalty lived.
b)
A citadel is a fortress built to protect a city.
c)
A citadel is a large swimming pool where the community gathered to have parties.
d)
A citadel is a large network of pipes that disposes of sewage, or waste water.
8.
What did the people of Mohenjodaro have in their homes as a result of sewer systems
a)
Sewer systems allowed the people of Mohenjodaro had kitchens in their homes.
b)
Sewer systems allowed the people of Mohenjodaro to have swimming pools in their homes.
c)
Sewer systems allowed the people of Mohenjodaro to have bathrooms in their homes.
d)
Sewer systems allowed the people of Mohenjodaro to have drinking fountains in their homes.
9.

How did modern scholars learn that Mohenjodaro had ever existed?

a)

Astronauts saw it from space.

b)

Historians read ancient scrolls.

c)

Archaeologists found its ruins.

d)

Historians saw it on Google Earth.

10.

The ruins of Mohenjodaro are located in present-day

a)

Afghanistan.

b)

India.

c)

Iraq,

d)

Pakistan.

11.

The discovery of weights, marked rods, and a scale suggests that the people of Mohenjodaro

a)

kept themselves healthy by exercising.

b)

used stone as a form of currency.

c)

a uniform system of measurement.

d)

invented a system of writing.

12.

What caused the downfall of Mehonjodaro?

a)

flooding

b)

foreign armies

c)

earthquakes

d)

scientists are not 100% sure

13.

True or false: The great bath may have been used in religious rituals.

a)

true

b)

false

14.

What were kilns used for in Mohenjodaro?

a)

drilling holes into beads

b)

stringing necklaces together

c)

digging up stone for necklaces

d)

baking clay into beads

15.

Stone seals found in Mohenjodaro could have been used as:

a)

jewelry

b)

charms

c)

merchant tags

d)

all of the above

16.

What made the sewer system of Mohenjodaro unique?

a)

The design was a replica of the sewage system already built in Rome.

b)

The system of its complexity would not be built for another 2,000 years.

c)

The system got rid of waste without polluting nearby waterways

d)

The system cleaned the water

17.

Which game may have originated in ancient India?

a)

Monopoly

b)

Chess

c)

Boggle

d)

Connect 4

18.

Most clay models found in Mojenjodaro were made out of

a)

terra cotta

b)

wood

c)

bull horn

d)

yoke

19.

Which fact shows that Mohenjodaro was carefully planned?

a)

Wheeled carts were pulled by animals.

b)

The workshops were made of mud bricks.

c)

Some of the houses were larger than others.

d)

Nine streets divided the lower city into blocks.

20.

What evidence shows us how men in Mohenjodaro might have dressed?

a)

pictographs

b)

an ancient statue

c)

a report by a visitor

d)

remains of an old robe

21.

Where did most of the people of Mohenjodaro live?

a)

in the citidel

b)

in the tall tower

c)

in the lower city

d)

in the courtyards

22.

Homes in Mohenjodaro had from one to a dozen rooms. What does this suggest about the city?

a)

Some houses had indoor bathrooms.

b)

Some apartments held several families.

c)

Some people were wealthier than others.

d)

Some families had grandparents living with them.

23.

Which of these questions about Mohenjodaro would be hardest to answer on the basis of artifacts?

a)

What foods did people eat?

b)

What songs did people sing?

c)

What games did people play?

d)

What clothes did people wear?