Geography
India is located on this continent
what is ASIA
A large landmass that is part of a continent but distinct from it
What is: SUBCONTINENT
Most people in the Indus Valley civilization had this job
What is: FARMING
This group settled the Indus River valley after the disappearance of the Harrapans
Who are: The Aryans
Aryans were originally this before they became farmers
What are nomads/herders
This world's largest mountain range seperates India from the rest of the continent
What are: the HIMALAYAN MOUNTAINS
A body of land with water on three sides
What is: PENINSULA
What two major cities were part of the Indus Valley Civilization?
What are: MOHENJO DARO & HARAPPA
The Aryans original came from this area
What is Central Asia
Aryans brought this language to India
What is: Sanskrit
These two rivers were important to ancient Indian civiliations
What are: INDUS RIVER and GANGES RIVER
A teacher often assigned to a male child in the home of a wealthy Indian family.
What is: GURU
The reason historians think citizens of the Indus Valley civilization were peaceful
What is: there were no weapons found there
The Aryans crossed the Himalayan Mountains through this
What is: The Khyber Pass
The approximate year that the Indus Valley civilzation disappeared
What is: 1500 BCE
This provided fertile soil for the farming for the Harappans
Indus River
A strong wind that blows one direction in winter and the opposite direction in summer (Only in South Asia)
What is: MONSOON
The reason historians know less about the Indus Valley civilization than other ancient civilizations
What is: Historians aren't able to read their writing
The Aryans brought this farming technology to India
What are: The Plow and Irrigation
An important difference between Aryan language and the language of the Indus Valley civilization
What is: Historians are able to read the writing of the Aryans
These 5 present day countries make up the Indian Subcontinent
What are: India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, and Bangladesh.
a social group that someone is born into and cannot change
CASTE or VARNA
Three advanced features of the cities in the Indus Valley civilization
What are: City block system (roads at 90 degrees), freshwater wells, underground sewage system, Great Bath
Explain who belonged to each level of the Aryan caste system
What is:
Top - Priests and Warrios
2nd level- Common people (Farmers and Merchants)
3rd level- Laborers and Servants
Bottom Level- Untouchables
The Indus Valley civilization stretched from these mountains to this sea
What is: the Himalayan Mountains to the Arabian Sea