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Ancient Indus River Valley Civilizations

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

. Which heading would complete the partial outline below? 

__________________________

-specialized workers

-cities

-technology

-religion and government

-record keeping and writing system

a)

Economic Development in Ancient Egypt

b)

Cultural Diffusion in the Indus River Valley

c)

Characteristics of Civilizations

d)

Features of the Neolithic Revolution

2.

Which social system concept is illustrated by this diagram?

a)

Four Noble Truths

b)

Mandate of Heaven

c)

the caste system

d)

Hammurabi’s Code

3.
What two rivers are associated with the Indus River Valley?
a)
Ganges and Indus
b)
Tigris and Euphrates
c)
Tigris and Ganges
d)
Nile and Indus
4.
Which two cities were discovered in the Indus River Valley?
a)
Tigris and Euphrates
b)
Sumer and Babylonia
c)
Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro
d)
Cairo and Bahgdad
5.
How would historians categorize most early religious organizations?
a)
Monotheistic
b)
Polytheistic
c)
Atheistic
d)
Agnostic
6.

The lowest level of social structure in Indus Valley were

a)

The priests

b)

The slaves

c)

The Untouchables

d)

The farmers

7.

List the 8 features of a civilization

a)

Excess food, advanced cities, specialized workers, trade, social structure, government, religion, writing

b)

Excess food, advanced cities, specialized workers, trade, taxes, welfare, entertainment

c)

trade, social structure, government, religion, writing, education, transportation

d)

Advanced cities, writing, schools, banks, trade, government, taxes, writing

8.

What ancient civilization was in modern day Pakistan?

a)

Indus Valley

b)

Aztec

c)

Inca

d)

China

9.
River Valleys were a good place for civilizations to grow because they offered
a)
religion
b)
rich soils for agriculture
c)
government
d)

protection

10.

When did the Indus Valley exist?

a)

3000BC - 1500BC

b)

2600-1900BC

c)

2600-1900AD

d)

1600-250BC

11.

What were the toilets made out of in the Indus Valley?

a)

Wood with clay pipes

b)

Stone with clay pipes

c)

Bronze with clay pipes

d)

Plastic with clay pipes

12.

Why did they introduce the drainage systems?

a)

To manage the waterflow in and out of the cities.

b)

So they could store all the water to use it all the shower.

c)

So they had something to drink

13.

Tick all of the theories of why the Indus Valley declined

a)

Because there was a war

b)

The people moved to warmer countries

c)

An outbreak of disease

d)

Draughts and floods

e)

A volcano erupted

14.
What evidence suggests that Indus Valley cities were run by a strong central government?
a)
Global climate change
b)
Large fortified citadels, organzied well planned cities
c)
The Hindu Kosh Mountains, Himilayas
d)
Citadels are fortified and have 40 foot walls
15.
What are two reasons we know very little about the Indus Valley Civilization?
a)
The Indus River in northern India and the Ganges in modern day Pakistan
b)
Large fortified citadels, organized well planned cities
c)
Citadels are fortified and have 40 foot walls
d)
We cannot decipher their script or written language.  Much of their civilization is buried under a water table.