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Ch. 6 Early Indian Civilizations
Ch. 6 Early Indian Civilizations
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The cities of the Indus River Valley showed evidence of central planning that included:
Uniform, oven-fired bricks
Streets on a grid pattern
All of the above
Plumbing & sewage systems
2
A subcontinent is...
An area of a continent with water on three sides
A region larger than a country
A land mass that is smaller than a continent
A continent consisting of an island
3
Almost everything we know about early Aryan life in India comes from:
Textbooks
The Vedas
Artifacts
Secondary sources
4
The major mountain range in India is:
The Great Indian Mountains
The Himalayas
Mount Everest
The Rocky Mountains
5
Some theories about how Indus Valley civilizations declined include:
Foreign invaders
All of the above
Climate change
Natural disasters
6
What type of monsoon had wet winds from the ocean to land?
Winter
Spring
Summer
Fall
7
How were the Indus Valley Civilizations similar to the civilizations of Egypt & Mesopotamia?
Lead by a king
Plumbing & sewage systems
Well-planned cities
Arose in a major river valley
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The language spoken by the Indo-Aryan people was:
Cuneiform
Egyptian
Sanskrit
Hindi
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The people at the bottom of the caste system were:
Priests
Servants
Untouchables
Warriors
10
The 2 earliest cities in the Indus River Valley were:
Harappa & Jerusalem
Harper & Mohenjo-daro
Sumer & Mohenjo-daro
Harappa & Mohenjo-Daro
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Jewelry & cotton are examples of goods that Indus Valley traders _______.
Imported
Exported
12
Where did ancient India's first civilization begin?
Himalaya Mountains
Indus Valley
Nile River
Ganges River
13
The 2 major rivers of India are the:
Euphrates & Ganges
Indus & Ganges
Indian & Ganges
Indus & Tigris
14
The group that was not part of the caste system was:
Vaishyas
Sudras
Brahmins
Untouchables
15
Which Indian system organized groups of people based on birth, wealth, & occupation (job)?
The Cats System
Hinduism
The Caste System
The Aryan System
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The group at the top of the caste system were:
Kings
Warriors
Untouchables
Priests
17
What were the natural barriers of South Asia?
Mountain Rangers & Rivers
Mountain Ranges & Open Water
Mountain Rangers & Mountain Passes
Rivers & Open Water