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Ancient India
India
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What two mountains chains divide the Indian subcontinent from the rest of Asia? | The mountains separate the plateau from the coastline and meet in the south at the tip of the triangular-shaped peninsula known as Peninsular India. |
| What are the wind patterns in India called? | the monsoon |
| When it the rainy season on the Indian subcontinent | it is rainy in September to February and its major rain. |
| What is the Indian for the plateau that exists in central india? | The plateau in India is the Deccan Plateau which is a large plateau in India, making up the majority of the southern part of the country. |
| Along what river did the river civilization appear on the Indian subcontinent | the Ganges River and the Indus River. |
| Why do historians know little about the earliest civilization in India | They practiced polytheism |
| What was the econiminey earliest civilization based on | the two river valleys |
| What group from east-central Europe invaded the indain subcontinent | European people |
| Along what river did the Aryans settle? | Indus River |
| What system did the Aryans initiate to separate themselves from the aboriginal people | because they weren't very social people |
| Did the caste system allow for the social mobility? | The whole point of a caste system is that it does NOT allow for social mobility |
| What was the highest caste in the caste syes |