Geography
What major river is Mohenjodaro located near?
What is the Indus River?
What does the discovery of standard weights suggest about trade in Mohenjodaro?
What indicates that the ancient Indians used uniform weights for trading goods?
What was the purpose of the citadel in Mohenjodaro?
What is a fortress for protection?
What type of evidence did archaeologists study to learn about daily life in Mohenjodaro?
What are artifacts and ruins?
How was Mohenjodaro's city laid out?
What is cities were divided into blocks using a grid-like pattern?
Name one natural feature that separated the Indian subcontinent from the rest of Asia.
What are the Himalayas?
Name one type of artifact found in Mohenjodaro that suggests the people enjoyed games.
What are dice, stone game pieces, chess, or bull cart figurines?
Describe two features of the Great Bath found in Mohenjodaro.
What is it was a large pool built of waterproofed brick, 39feet x 8 feet, drain, 900square feet, and used for religious/social purposes?
What does the term "Mohenjodaro" mean?
What is "place or hill of the dead"?
What was image/symbol was depicted on many ancient seals?
What are animals?
How did the monsoon rains affect the rivers?
What is heavy rainfall that caused the river to overflow its banks?
What was the significance of the stone seals found at Mohenjodaro?
What may have been used for marking ownership or as charms?
How were the houses in Mohenjodaro typically constructed?
What are made of baked mud bricks?
How did archeologists learn that their was once a civilization in Mohenjo-Daro?
What is finding ancient ruins?
True or false: Everyone in Ancient India had the same house style?
What is false?
What type of soil is found in the Ganges River valley that makes it good for farming?
What is fertile silt?
How did the sewer system of Mohenjodaro compare to systems in other ancient civilizations?
What was more advanced and not seen again until ancient Rome?
What advanced system did Mohenjodaro have for sanitation?
What is a sewer system?
What is the most likely theory why the Indus people disappeared?
What is climate change?
What is the name of the area of the Harrapan and Mohenjo-Daro civilization developed in?
What is the Indus River Valley?
During the summer in India, the monsoon brings
What is heavy rains?
What does the evidence of clay models suggest about the agricultural practices of Mohenjodaro?
What indicates they transported crops to market using carts?
What unique feature did the wells in Mohenjodaro provide for its residents?
What is access to stored water for drinking and bathing?
Name at least three of the math achievements of Ancient India?
What is 1. Quadratic equations and computing square roots, 2. The concept of negative numbers, 3. The concept of 0, and 4. The power of ten (3x102)?
Where did most of the people of Mohenjodaro live?
What is the lower city?