Flowing Water
This is where human beings decided to settle because of the fertile soil and fresh drinking water.
What are river valleys?
These are the highest mountains in the world acting as a border between India and China.
What are the Himalayas?
These seasonal winds bring summer rains and dry winters.
What are monsoons?
This is a piece of land surrounded by water on 3 sides.
What is a peninsula?
This is where something happens and an explanation of why it is happening there.
What is geographic context?
On this river you could find the ancient cities of Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro.
What is the Indus River?
Mountains are useful for early civilizations because they offer this, acting as natural barriers from invaders.
What is protection or isolation?
The summer monsoon is needed for agriculture because they provide this.
What is rain for watering crops/agriculture?
This is one of the bodies of water that surrounds India.
What is the Indian Ocean/Arabian Sea/Bay of Bengal
The Indus Civilization was really advanced, especially in terms of hygiene because historians found evidence of these.
What are sewers/bathrooms?
Rivers are often used to make it easier for people to transport large amounts of goods, a process known as this.
What is trade?
Because they are extremely difficult to cross, mountains are referred to as this. Meaning they can isolate and protect people.
What are natural/geographic barriers?
In a summer without a lot of rain, crops may fail leading to this disaster.
What is drought/famine?
If a peninsula was completely surrounded by water, it would be one of these.
What is an island?
Much like any civilization, the Indus Valley adapted from having small settlements, to eventually having large blank, like Mohenjo-Daro, which was home to at least 30,000 people.
What are cities?