Vocabulary
How many seasons are there in South Asia
What is 2
The two cities of Ancient India were Harappa and
What is Mohenjo-Daro
About how many people live in India today
What is about 1.3 billion
Name 5 countires that make up the subcontinent of South Asia
What is India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Bhutan, Maldives
The wet monsoon comes up off of the:
What is Indian Ocean
What river reportedly dried up or was diverted because of an earthquake leaving many cities without water
The Saraswati River
Regional version of a language with its own words, expressions, and pronuciations.
What is dialect
Deposits near the Indus help create abundant crops
What is soil
deposit
to put or lay down, The river deposited soild and debris...
Movement of goods and people through the Hindu Kush mountains is possible because of
(We didn't really talk about this in class, but it's in our book)
What is the Khyber Pass
A synonym is a word that has a same or similar meaning to another. What is a a synonym for farming
What is agriculture
Classes that the Aryans divided people into
What is Social Pyramid Extra:
Brahmana
Ksatria
Vaisya
Sudra
What rivers flow across the Northern plains of India
What are the Indus, Ganges, and Brahmaputra
Different religious beliefs within one country shows its
What is cultural diversity
The more rigid system that developed out of the varna system
What is caste system