Mohenjodaro 1
Homes in Mohenjodaro had between 1-12 rooms. This suggests that some people were _____________ than others.
wealthier
A war game played in ancient India is thought to be an early form of ____________.
chess
Mohenjodaro was raised and surrounded by a wall, this suggests that the city had _______________________.
enemies who might attack the residents
What is a citadel?
A fortress built to protect a city
What does the following list show about the civilization of Mohenjodaro?
invaders
floods
earthquakes
Theories for why it disappeared
Modern scholars learn that Mohenjodaro had existed because _______________ found its ruins.
Archaeologists
Archaeologists found a structure that was 39 feet long and 8 feet deep, with a well nearby and a drain along one side. This likely would have been used for what?
Bathing
An ancient ___________ is evidence that reveals how men in Mohenjodaro might have dressed.
statue
Harappan civilization, which included ancient Mohenjodaro, developed in the __________________________ valley.
Indus River
The discovery of a scale, stone, weights, and a marked rod suggests that the people of Mohenjodaro had uniform ways to ________________.
measure
Most of the people of Mohenjodaro lived in the ___________ city.
lower
The seal being shown tells historians the types of ________________ the Mohenjodaro people saw.
animals
The ___________ system in Mohenjodaro was quite different from other settlements of that time.
sewer
Mohenjodaro was an active settlement in ___________ B.C.E., while the Great Pyramid was being built in Egypt.
2550
One fact that shows that Mohenjodaro was carefully planned was that it had ______ streets and the lower city was divided into _________.
9
blocks
Which of these questions about Mohenjodaro would be hardest to answer on the basis of artifacts?
What game did people play?
What foods did people eat?
What songs did people sing?
What clothes did people wear?
What songs did people sing?