Early Settlement
According to an ancient Indian story, there was a river goddess. Where did the goddess live?
The Himalayas, Snow-covered Mountain Range
What shape is the Deccan Plateau?
Triangular.
(Multiple Choice)
Which mountains are located along India’s Northern border?
Hindu Kush Mountains, Himalayas, or Karakoram
The Himalaya Mountains.
Where was Mohenjodaro?
Mohenjodaro was on the banks of the Indus River in present-day Pakistan.
What are clay models made out of?
Terra-Cotta.
Which of the following parts of India has the most fertile farmland?
The Deccan Plateau, The Hindu-Kush, The Himalayan Mountains, The plains along the Ganges.
The plains along the Ganges.
Which animals do mostly make their homes in the Thar desert?
More than forty-five kinds of lizards and snakes. Gazelles lope across the sand. Birds include quail, ducks, and geese.
How did the location of the Himalayas as well as their height affect the development of civilization in ancient India?
The Himalayas height made it impossible for ancient Indians to go and claim land.
What is another name of Mohenjo-daro?
The Mound of Mohen.
Some archaeologists believed that the design of this beiilding suggested that is was used as a granary.
What's a granary?
A. It's where people sleep.
B. It is a storehouse in a barn for threshed grain or animal feed.
C. It's where people keep utensils.
D. It's where butter is kept.
B. It is a storehouse in a barn for threshed grain or animal feed.
According to the Ancient Indian story, a river god and river goddess lived in the snow-covered mountain range. One day the two decided to race down the mountain to the plains. The river goddess went straight down and won the race. In the middle of the race, the river god slowed down. Why?
The plains along the Ganges.
What is Thar Desert famous for?
Agriculture
Minerals
Intense Storms
Agriculture
Name all the Rivers and Mountains that were shown in Lesson 13.
Brahmaputra River, Ganges River, Indus River, Himalaya Mountains, and the Hindu-Kush Mountains.
(Multiple Choice)
Mohenjodaro was a large city with as many as _______ people living there at one time.
Choices: A) 40,000, B) 25,000, C) 50,000, D) 60,000
C) 50,000. Mohenjodaro was a large city with as many as 50,000 people living there at one time.
What are the small stone seals carved with?
Pictographs. (an ancient form of drawing that uses pictures to stand for objects sounds or ideas.)
Farmers in the Deccan Plateau use the iron-rich black soil principally to raise ______.
Tea, sheep, cotton, orange
Cotton.
In which two months did the Thar desert received rain in and how much inches rain a year?
About 4-20 inches and between June and September .
True or False
The Brahmaputra River gets between 70 and 160 inches of rain a year. the heaviest rainfall occurs during the southwest monsoon between August and December.
False. The Brahmaputra River gets between 70 and 160 inches of rain a year. the heaviest rainfall occurs during the southwest monsoon between June and October.
(Homes)
What is the difference between the homes that the poor had and the homes that the wealthy had.
The poorer citizens lived in smaller homes and the wealthy lived in larger homes.
Truth or False:
The game of chess may have originated in India. An ancient Indian book describes a war game with just pieces called pawns.
False:
The game of chess may have originated in India. An ancient Indian book describes a war game with dice and pieces called pawns.
Truth or False:
When the rivers flooded, the slit, spread under the plains and made the soil in valleys for farming.
False:
The truth: When the rivers flooded, the slit spread over the plains and made the soil in the river valleys fertile.
Who created the Thar Desert (according to the legend)?
According to the legend mentioned in Ramayana, Lord Rama, during his exile to the forest, created the Thar Desert. In his search for his spouse Sita, Rama had to cross the ocean from today's Rameshwaram to reach Sri Lanka.
(Hindu Kush Mountains)
The Khyber Pass formed a gap in the mountains on the Afghanistan-Pakistan border. How long was the gap?
30 miles long.
The most dramatic feature of Mohenjodar’s citadel was the Great Bath. How long and how deep was it?
39 feet long and 8 feet deep.
How many inches high was the stone statue archaeologists found?