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Ancient Indus QUIZ
Ancient India QUIZ Study Materials
Question | Answer |
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Because of its geography, India was | limited in contact with the rest of the world. |
The people of India depend on the summer monsoon to | provide seasonal rain. |
When the Aryan and Indian cultures blended, what religion resulted? | Hinduism |
Indus Valley people developed their own system of writing which we have not deciphered, and a system of | weights and measures |
Archaeologists know that Mohenjo-Daro was carefully planned because | streets separated regular blocks of homes and buildings. |
India’s mountains and surrounding water influenced its development | by limiting contact between the subcontinent and the world. |
The Indus River civilization was advanced. We know this because | they had preplanned cities with indoor plumbing |
One important result of the Aryan invasion of India was | the introduction of a strict caste system. |
What are two important rivers that start in the Himalaya Mountains? | the Indus and the Ganges |
When the Aryan cultures mixed with the culture of the people they conquered, | Hinduism developed |
Besides the Himalayas, the other mountain range north of India is called | Hindu Kush. |
Much information about the Indus Valley cities is unknown because | we can’t read their writing |
The earliest people to enter the northern Indian Subcontinent probably entered the Indus Valley through the | Hindu Kush |
The great barrier north of India is the | Himalayas |
India’s society is divided in to groups that Europeans called | castes |
Raised fortress inside an Indus Valley city | citadel |
After one life, the soul is reborn into another body | reincarnation |
Aryan class system in which people could rise to a higher level only through death and reincarnation | caste system |
a large landmass that juts out from a continent | subcontinent |
a strong wind that blows across East Asia at certain times of year | monsoon |