The ​ Indus, Brahmaputra, and the ​ (a)   Rivers support the people of India providing farming, ​ (b)   and trade.

​ (a)   is the highest peak in ​ (b)   mountain system.

Seasonal winds called ​ (a)   give India a dry season that have a ​ (b)   influence

on India's climate.

The ​ (a)   rains bring farmers water for watering crops, resulting in ​ (b)   amounts of food crops.

India's people ​celebrated the arrival of the ​ (a)   rains, however, they could also cause damage resulting in ​ (b)   and even death.

The cities of the ​ (a)   and Harappan were planned to look exactly the same. Each city, had a fortress that stood on a brick platform, surrounded by strong, thick ​ (b)   .

The civilization's ​engineers were highly skilled. Large buildings stored grain, wells supplied ​ (a)   , and every house had an indoor ​ (b)   .

Most people in the ​ (a)   River Valley were farmers who lived in ​ (b)   surrounding the cities.

Around 1900 BCE, People of the Indus Valley began to ​ (a)   their cities and villages. Several possible reasons were droughts, earthquakes, and/or floods. Meanwhile, a group of people known as the Aryans ​ (b)   to India.

The new ​ (a)   ​ civilization ​emerged. They were speakers of ​ (b)   languages.

Indo-European people lived in ​ (a)   , but began migrating to other places. The ​ (b)   went to India.

The Aryans raised ​ (a)   for beef, milk and butter. They moved from place to place to find pastures and water for their cattle.They were also ​ expert ​ (b)   riders, hunter, and fierce warriors.

​The Aryans lived in ​ (a)   . Each tribe was led by a ​ (b)   who created their own small kingdom.

After the Aryan people settled in ​ (a)   , they developed the language of ​ (b)   that gave people a way to record sales, trade, and land ownership.

The ​ (a)   social classes in India are called the Varnas. They are based on a person's ​ (b)   , also known as jati.

The Untouchables, or ​ (a)   , were not part of the​ (b)   . They completed jobs that jati Indians would not do.