The Early Civilizations of India

Question 1

The Indian subcontinent is located in

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South Asia

Question 2

Which of the following forms a natural barrier on the northern edge of the Indian subcontinent?

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mountains

Question 3

What kind of climate is common in most of the Indian subcontinent?

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tropical

Question 4

How does the monsoon affect India in the summer?

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Winds from the oceans drop heavy rain on the land

Question 5

Which of the following items in Mohenjo-Daro suggests that the city valued cleanliness?

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a complex drainage system

Question 6

Which of these was used to determine a man's wealth in the Indo-Aryan society?

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cattle

Question 7

The Indus Valley Civilization declined about

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1650 BC

Question 8

Indus Valley farmers were the first to grow

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cotton

Question 9

What might you find in a granary in an Indus Valley city?

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barley

Question 10

Sanskrit, the language of the Indo-Aryans, is similar in many ways to

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Latin

Question 11

Because they were considered "twice born," the males of the Vaishyas cast could

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study Sanskrit

Question 12

Two thirds of Indus Valley sites are in India and one third is in

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Pakistan

Question 13

What are the Vedas?

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sacred poems

Question 14

What did the Indus Valley civilization have that the Egyptian civilization did not?

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city streets in grid patterns

Question 15

In which present day country did the Indus Valley civilization first arise in South Asia?

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Pakistan

Question 16

What path does the Indus River follow to sea?

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Himalayas, south into the Arabian Sea

Question 17

A person becomes a member of a caste by

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being born into it

Question 18

The first city of the Indus Valley civilization to be discovered was

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Harappa

Question 19

Which Varna was added to the three original social classes?

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Sudra

Question 20

The first Indo-Aryans who may have migrated to the Indus Valley were

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nomadic herders

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