Geography
What river was of central importance to the Indus Valley Civilization?
The Indus River
What were the TWO major cities in Ancient India?
Did they Indus people use money?
No, they exchanged goods.
In what style did the Ancient Indus Valley people write in?
Pictographs
Which animal did the Indus people believe was a special animal AND which religion today believes this still?
Cow/Hinduism
In which mountain range does the Indus River begin?
Himalayan Mountains
Mohenjo-Daro
Seafood and fruit
True or False: We know exactly the language that was used by the Indus people and it was Tamil.
FALSE
It is believed that the Indus people may have created the most early form of which popular game?
Chess
The Indus River Valley Civilization is located in which TWO modern-day countries?
This city was an important port city, trading ships set sail from here. There were many skilled craft workers who made pottery, jewelry from gold, and gemstone beads.
Lothal
Monkeys, birds, lizards, snakes, and dogs.
Were the people of the ancient Indus Valley monotheistic or polytheistic? Explain what you answer means.
Polytheistic, they believed in many gods.
True or False: The Indus Valley people lived together in peace and very few weapons have ever been discovered?
TRUE
Name the THREE majors rivers of Ancient India. (SPELLING COUNTS)
Brahmaputra/Ganges/Indus
Research suggests evidence of the oldest plowed field here in this city, they may have used oxen to pull a plough, before sowing seeds for their crops.
Kalibangan
Describe how the Ancient Indus people would keep clean. (HINT: Loddy Doddy I have to Potty)
Indus Valley people were buried with clay pots and clay figures, as well as beads. This may mean they had a religious belief in an afterlife, in which they could use these belongings again.
TRUE or FALSE: In the cities of Ancient India, everyone was rich and the poor had nothing to eat
False
Identify 3 ways that the ancient Indus people used the Indus River.
Growing crops/drinking water/irrigation/religious ceremonies
What were THREE ways that the city of Mohenjo-Daro was considered advanced?
(1) divided into 2 districts "Citadel" and the lower town, (2) houses had baths and toilets, 700 wells in the city, (3) no places of worship, society was not built around state interests, relatively equal classes
Name the FOUR types of jobs for people in the Ancient Indus Civilization.
Trader, farmer, craftworker, and builder
What is the name of the religion that places importance on ritual bathing and held beliefs about purity?
Hinduism
Hinduism and Ancient Indus religions believed in a _______ goddess.
Mother