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Ancient India Week 1

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a river in South Asia (India) that flows southwest from the Himalayas to the Arabian Sea?

a)

Ganges River

b)

Indus River

c)

Bay of Bengal

d)

Arabian Sea

2.

What is a river in South Asia (India) that flows southeast from the Himalayas to the Bay of Bengal?

a)

Indus River

b)

Ganges River

c)

Thar Desert

d)

Deccan Plateau

3.

What is the highest mountain range in the world that separates India from China?

a)

Himalayan Mountains

b)

Western Ghats

c)

Eastern Ghats

d)

Deccan Plateau

4.

Who were the people who migrated through a pass in the northern Hindu Kush mountains in approximately 2000 BCE, settling in the Indus River Valley?

a)

Gupta Empire

b)

Indo-Aryans

c)

Harappan Civilization

d)

Monsoon

5.

What is the term for the Golden Age of India that ruled through a central government but allowed village power?

a)

Harappan Civilization

b)

Gupta Empire

c)

Indus River Valley

d)

Indo-Aryans

6.

What is another name for the Indus Valley civilization that arose along the Indus River, characterized by sophisticated city planning?

a)

Harappan Civilization

b)

Gupta Empire

c)

Deccan Plateau

d)

Indo-Aryans

7.

What are the major winds in the Indian Ocean that blew into India for half the year and away from India for the other half?

a)

Monsoon

b)

Thar Desert

c)

Ganges River

d)

Arabian Sea

8.

What is the bay that the Ganges River flows into, located north of the Indian Ocean, on the eastern side of India?

a)

Bay of Bengal

b)

Arabian Sea

c)

Indus River

d)

Thar Desert

9.

What is also known as the Great Indian Desert and is the most densely populated desert in the world?

a)

Thar Desert

b)

Deccan Plateau

c)

Arabian Sea

d)

Ganges River

10.

What is a high area of land at the center of the Indian subcontinent?

a)

Deccan Plateau

b)

Himalayan Mountains

c)

Western Ghats

d)

Eastern Ghats

11.

What are the rolling mountains located west of the Deccan Plateau in Southern India called?

a)

Western Ghats

b)

Eastern Ghats

c)

Himalayas

d)

Thar Desert

12.

What are the rolling mountains located east of the Deccan Plateau in Southern India called?

a)

Western Ghats

b)

Eastern Ghats

c)

Arabian Sea

d)

Indus River

13.

What is the body of water that lies between Arabia and India, which is the northwestern part of the Indian Ocean?

a)

Bay of Bengal

b)

Arabian Sea

c)

Ganges River

d)

Indus River

14.

What is the valley and early civilization along the Indus River, one of the longest rivers in the world, known as?

a)

Indus River Valley

b)

Gupta Empire

c)

Harappan Civilization

d)

Thar Desert