Lesson 20
Lesson 20
Lesson 21
Lesson 22
Lesson 22
100
What is an artifact?
An object from the past that people study to learn more about the past
100
Is India north or south of the equator?
North
100
In what modern day country are Mohnejo-Daro and Harappa located?
What is Pakistan
100
What is a terra cotta?
What is a type of clay
100
What people invaded the Indus area from the north?
What is the Aryans
200
What two Indian cities did archaeologists discover in 1920?
What is Mohenjo-Daro and Harappa
200
What ocean lies to the south of India?
What is the Indian Ocean
200
What is the approximate distance between the two cities?
What is 400 miles
200
How were Indus seals used?
Probably to identify an owner's goods
200
Why are monsoons so important?
The winds bring rain during the wet season
300
Do you think the owner of the terra cotta piece thought it was valuable?
Probably not
300
What is the large plateau in southern India called?
What is Decan
300
Where is the source of the Indus, Ganges, and Brahmaputra Rivers?
What is the Himalaya Mountains
300
What ancient civilization of Mesopotamia used seals?
What is Sumer
300
When does the famine or drought occur?
When the rains are late or too small
400
In what year did the cities of Mohenjo-Daro and Harappa exist?
What is 2500 B.C.
400
What are monsoons?
What is winds that bring wet air in the summer and dry air in the winter
400
Why are there so many rivers in northern India?
The melting snow in the Himalayas forms many rivers
400
What is linguistics?
What is the study of languages
400
Would too much rain be a problem? Why?
Yes. It would cause flooding
500
What other countries border India to the east?
What is China, Nepal, Bangladesh, and Myammar
500
Why did the ancient civilization of India settle by the Indus and Ganges Rivers?
What is the rivers provided water, fish, and transportation
500
What happens to an artifact when it is found in an archaeological site?
It is photographed where it is found, labeled, removed, and recorded
500
Why is there so little known today about the Indus people?
There are no written records that we can understand
500
What type of government developed as the Aryans settled?
What is independent villages
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