Ancient India Review

How did the location of the Himalaya Mountains benefit Ancient India?

What was the main skill of Indus people in town planning?

The sum of all your actions, good and bad, which add up to determine your next life

The Indus Valley civilizations had trade relations with

In the caste system, how were people in India placed into a certain social class?

Much of the water in the Indus and Ganges Rivers come from

Carefully planned ancient cities of the Indus River valley; flourished for hundreds of years

These Nomadic people settled in Northern India, brought their language and culture

How are the Indus and Ganges Rivers similar to the Nile River in Egypt?

Which has been one effect of the traditional caste system in India?

A religion in India which teaches that the most important thing in life is to reach peace

A large land area that is separate but still a part of the larger continent is called a

Wind system affecting the climate of India. It reverses direction seasonally

What is the literal meaning of Mohenjo-Daro?

Water from these mountains and glaciers feed most of the rivers in India

In Hinduism, people so low they had no caste are called

The famous “Great Bath” was excavated in

What is one of the accomplishments of early Harappa civilizations?

Social system in India in which a person’s place is determined by the rank of the family

One of the longest rivers in the world; most fertile land; people go to bathe and purify souls

This Indo-European language was brought to the Indus River Valley between 1500-1000 BC

Because of its size and its position to large masses of land and water, India is called

The economy of the Indus civilization was based on

The belief that souls are reborn in a body of another living thing

The sacred written language of the Hindu texts

The Harappa civilization, which included the ancient Mohenjo-Daro, developed in the

One of the major cities in the Indus Civilization; had public baths, drainage, and trade

What were the residential houses of Indus people made of?

How do we know about the Mohenjo-Daro civilization?