Chapter 6: Ancient India Review

What are some of the favorite gods and goddesses of the Hindu religion?

What is the constant cycle of birth, death, and rebirth called?

What irrigation methods did the Indus Valley farmers use?

What happened to the people who broke the dharma of their caste?

What is the desert-like plain that the Indus River floods, spreading fertile silt?

Why were the Vedas appropriate to become the "first building blocks" of a great world religion?

What jobs had developed to help create Harappan civilization?

When a person is born, what determines his or her caste?

Which of the following is a city in the Indus Valley? We do not know what happened to the civilization that lived there.

What are the hundreds of rules, laws, and duties that instruct Hindus how to live?

What are the "Books of Knowledge" of Hinduism?

Where does the Indus River have its source?

How does the Indus River become a more powerful river as it reaches the Indus Plain?

What is a massive fort called?

What are the world's tallest mountains?

How and where does the Indus form a delta?

What is one of the world's oldest religions that includes beliefs of reincarnation and dharma?

Compared to the Indus River, where is the Arabian Sea located?

What is a large landmass that is geographically separated from the rest of a continent?

Compared to India, where is Pakistan located?

What evidence can you find to conclude that Harappan civilization had strong government?

What is the way of organizing people into hundreds of different levels?

Which of the following is a city known as "Mound of the Dead" and is located 400 miles to the south of Harappa?

What river starts in the mountains and spills into the Arabian Sea?

What is it called to move from one place to another to live?