Lesson 13
What are The three Most Important Rivers in India?
Brahmaputra River, Ganges River, and Indus River
One of the first major settlements in ancient India that became a center of the Indus River Valley is?
Mohenjodaro
The most influential religion is modern India and the third largest religion in the world is?
Hinduism
A stong wind that brings heavy rain to southern Asia in the summer is called?
A monsoon
What were three artifacts they found in Mohenjodaro? (any are accepted)
games, statue, beads, scale, weights, seal, clay models
Where were the Himalaya mountains located?
It was located along India's northern border
Things carved with pictographs, an ancient form of drawing, that uses pictures instead of objects, sounds or ideas, are called what?
Seals
The Hindu New Year is celebrated with lamps. These lamps are a symbol of good winning over evil. What do they call their New Year?
Diwali
An ancient Indian language is what?
Sanskirt
What is the name of India's sacred river?
Ganges River
This vast desert in Northern India has huge sand dunes, little plant life, extreme heat and a variety of animals.
The Thar desert
The most dramatic feature of Mohenjodaro's Citadel is?
The Great Bath
The collection of sacred texts, including verses, hymns, prayers and teachings that makeup the roots of Hinduism is called what?
The Vedas
One of the first major settlements in ancient India that became a center of the Indus River Valley is?
Mojendodara
What is one common belief of most Hindus?
One supreme being that can take many forms
This river begins in the Himalaya mountains.
The Indus river
Historians believe that this game that we currently play may have been similarly played by the people of Mohenjodaro
The game of Chess
Four main social classes are Bramins, Kshatriyas, Vaishyas and Shudras. What do Hindus call a social class?
Varnas
A fortress built to protect a city is called?
A Citadel
What is the triangle-shaped area that is between two mountain ranges in southern India?
Deccan Plateau
When seen from above what do the Eastern and Western Ghats from around the Deccan Plateau?
The two mountain ranges form a large V around the Deccan Plateau
One of the greatest achievements of Mohenjodaro, designed to remove wastewater from houses is what?
The sewer system
For Hindus, this is seen as a law of cause and effect. What a Hindu does, good or evil, in a past life leads to what?
Kharma
A class, or group, in Indian society is?
Caste
Mohenjodaro was located on the Indus River in what present-day country?
Pakistan