The Geography of India
The Indus Valley
Civilization
Aryan Migration and Settlements
Ancient India Society
Ancient India
Micelanious
100

It is a mountain system which blocks off India from the  rest of Asia.

The Himalaya

100

Where did the first civilization began?

In the Indus Valley

100

Where did the Aryans came from?

Central Asia

100

All the people were divided into four social classes called...

Varnas /The caste system

100

An Indian Prince

Raja

200

These two rivers run in northern India...

The Ganges and the Indus Rivers.

200

What were the names of the major cities in the Indus Valley?

Mohenjo-Daro and Harappa

200

What were the Aryans good at?

They were good warriors, and expert horse riders and hunters.

200

These people had no place in society and sre considered too dirty.

Untouchables

200

It is a system with rules for almost every part of life, including marriage, work, and friendship.

Jati 

300

It is dry and hilly and located south of the river valleys.

The Deccan Plateau

300

What was the population in the most important cities?

About 35,000 people each.

300

It was the way Aryans used to live before they settled.

They were nomads.

300

If all Hindu rules were followed, a person could be __________into a higher caste.

Reincarnated

300

It is a sessonal wind, especially in the Indian Ocean and Southern Asia

Monsoon

400

India is considered a __________ due to the fact that it's smaller than a continent.

Subcontinent

400

Give three characteristics of the most important cities:

- Large and brick paved streets, and smaller streets unpaved.

-Fortress to protect people.

-The houses were built with oven-baked bricks made of mud.

-Flat roofs, enclosed courtyards, wells and bathrooms.

-Pipes took wastewater to pits outside the ciry walls.

-Houses had garbage chutes that led to bins in the streets.

400

What did the Aryans stop doing as soon as they established?

They stopped eating meat from cattle because they considered them sacred.

400

How do you call when grandparents, parents, and children lived together with the oldest man in charge?

Extended or Enlarged family

400

Ancient sacred writings of India.

Vedas

500

India's northern border starts on the southern edge of ________

Asia's Continent

500

The Indus Valley merchants traded with...

The Mesopotamians

500

Mention three changes the Aryans made after they established:

-Became farmers.

-Made iron tools

-Cleared India's forest and dug canals to bring water to the fields.

-Lived in groups.
-Developed a written language

500

Name the four varnas:


Brahmins, Kshatriyas, Vaisyas, and Sudras.

500

What was the first India's written language called?

Sanskrit