Geography
Aryan Culture
Indus Valley
Vocabulary
Mount Everest
100

South Asia is surrounded by this ocean to the south.

What is the Indian Ocean.

100

This man, known as the hereditary chiefs or ______, ruled the villages

What is a rajah.

100

The Indus Valley civilization collected taxes in this form.

What is food.

100

A large landmass that is smaller than a continent.

What is a subcontinent.

100

Mount Everest is located in this country.

What is Nepal.

200

This river gave India its name.

What is the Indus River.

200

There were 4 social classes, called _________.

What is varna.

200

The Indus Valley is this many miles long.

What is 1000 miles long.

200

To determine the meaning of.

What is decipher.

200

The mountain is pyramid shape and three faces are covered in this.

What is glaciers.

300

This desert covers 100,000 square miles of India and Pakistan.

What is the Thar Desert.

300

This animal had had great value during this time period.

What is a cow.

300

Indus Vally citizens traded with these people.

What is the Middle East.

300

A regional version of languages with its own words, expressions, and pronunciations.

What is dialect.

300

The mountain is ______ meters above sea level.

What is 8848 meters.

400

The Vindhya and _____ are mojor mountain ranges.

What is the Ghats Mountain ranges.

400

The Aryans helped to influence the way ______ are today.

What is villages.

400

During this year, the Indus Vally began to decline.

What is 2000 B.C.

400

A seasonal wind that dominates the climate of South Asia.

What is a monsoon.

400

The ______ continental plate and the Eurasian continental plate collided to form Mount Everest.

What is the Indian continental plate.

500

This region occupies 1/2 of South Asia.

What is the Deccan Plateau.

500

Between these years, prayers, hymns, and rituals for religious ceremonies were composed.

What is 1500 B.C. and 1000 B.C.

500

These two cities are 350 miles apart. 

What is Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro.

500

A social group based on birth.

What is caste.

500

This man along with a Sherpa, named Tenzing Norgay, were the first to reach the top of Mount Everest.

Who is Edmund Hillary.

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