Geography
What is a subcontinent?
A subcontinent is a landmass that is smaller than an actual continent
Guru
A teacher
Vedas
The sacred text
How do you know what caste your in?
You are born into your caste
Where did the first civilization start in India and what is the name?
Near the Indus River
The name is the Indus Valley Civilization
Whats the tallest mountian?
Mount Everest
Varnas
The four social classes of India
Raja
Leader of an Aryan tribe
What types of things does your caste determine?
It can determine your marriage or job.
What were the names of the two cities that flourished between 2600 and 1900 B.C.E.?
Harappa and Mohenjo- Daro
What continent is India a part of?
Asia
Monsoon
Seasonal winds
Caste
Social class level
India's leading families had a guru, what does the guru do?
The guru teaches the boy before going to school in the city.
How do we know about these early cities?
We study ruins of the cities.
Fertile plains lie at the bottom of India's mountain ranges. What are these rivers called
Indus River, Ganges River, and Brahmaputra River.
Migrated
Move or went to another place to live
Aryan
Nomads who moved to India. They took the Hindu Kush route.
Which caste has the most members?
Sudras
Why were Harappa and Mohenjo- Daro called sister cities?
They were called sister cities because they have many similarities.
In the South of India 2 thirds is a plateau. whats the name of the plateau?
Deccan plateau
Language family
A group of alike languages
Sanskrit
The written language of the Aryans
What were the 4 major groups in the varna system?
Brahmans, Kshatriyas, Vaishyas, Sudras
Around 1900 B.C.E. The people abandoned these cities. What were some of the possible reasons that they did that?
Droughts, earthquakes, and floods