Geography
This mountain range protected ancient India from invaders.
What are the Himalayas?
This famous city had streets arranged in a grid.
What is Mohenjo-Daro?
These nomadic people migrated into India around 1500 BC.
Who were the Aryans?
Hindus believe this spiritual force exists in everything.
What is Brahman?
This god is known as "The Preserver."
Who is Vishnu?
These seasonal winds brought rain that farmers depended on.
What are the monsoons?
Clay pipes under the streets formed this important city system.
What is a drainage system?
The Aryans entered India through these openings in the Hindu Kush.
What are mountain passes?
The cycle of birth, death, and rebirth.
What is Samsara?
This god is called "The Creator."
Who is Brahma?
This river flows into the Arabian Sea.
What is the Indus River?
A fortress built on a high mound was called this.
What is a citadel?
The Aryans' sacred books are called these.
What are the Vedas?
The law that your actions affect your future lives.
What is Karma?
This god destroys to make way for new life.
Who is Shiva?
This sacred river flows east into the Bay of Bengal.
What is the Ganges River?
Archaeologists found evidence that this civilization traded with this nearby civilization.
What is Mesopotamia?
This social system divided people into classes based on birth.
What is the caste system?
A person's moral and religious duty.
What is Dharma?
The Hindu principle of non-violence.
What is Ahimsa?
If the summer monsoon failed, this disaster often occurred.
What is famine?
Historians think earthquakes or climate change caused this civilization's ________.
What is decline (or collapse)?
The highest caste consisted of these religious leaders.
Who are the Brahmins?
Freedom from the cycle of rebirth.
What is Moksha?
Daily worship at a home shrine is called this.
What is Puja?