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WorksheetsAncient India Week 1
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 7mins
What is a river in South Asia (India) that flows southwest from the Himalayas to the Arabian Sea?
Ganges River
Indus River
Bay of Bengal
Arabian Sea
What is a river in South Asia (India) that flows southeast from the Himalayas to the Bay of Bengal?
Indus River
Ganges River
Thar Desert
Deccan Plateau
What is the highest mountain range in the world that separates India from China?
Himalayan Mountains
Western Ghats
Eastern Ghats
Deccan Plateau
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?
Gupta Empire
Indo-Aryans
Harappan Civilization
Monsoon
What is the term for the Golden Age of India that ruled through a central government but allowed village power?
Harappan Civilization
Gupta Empire
Indus River Valley
Indo-Aryans
What is another name for the Indus Valley civilization that arose along the Indus River, characterized by sophisticated city planning?
Harappan Civilization
Gupta Empire
Deccan Plateau
Indo-Aryans
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?
Monsoon
Thar Desert
Ganges River
Arabian Sea
What is the bay that the Ganges River flows into, located north of the Indian Ocean, on the eastern side of India?
Bay of Bengal
Arabian Sea
Indus River
Thar Desert
What is also known as the Great Indian Desert and is the most densely populated desert in the world?
Thar Desert
Deccan Plateau
Arabian Sea
Ganges River
What is a high area of land at the center of the Indian subcontinent?
Deccan Plateau
Himalayan Mountains
Western Ghats
Eastern Ghats
What are the rolling mountains located west of the Deccan Plateau in Southern India called?
Western Ghats
Eastern Ghats
Himalayas
Thar Desert
What are the rolling mountains located east of the Deccan Plateau in Southern India called?
Western Ghats
Eastern Ghats
Arabian Sea
Indus River
What is the body of water that lies between Arabia and India, which is the northwestern part of the Indian Ocean?
Bay of Bengal
Arabian Sea
Ganges River
Indus River
What is the valley and early civilization along the Indus River, one of the longest rivers in the world, known as?
Indus River Valley
Gupta Empire
Harappan Civilization
Thar Desert
