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Indus River Civilization geography
Vocab for the Indus River Valley
random questions about the Indus River civilization
religion and kings
rich and poor
100
What river flowed through the Indus River Valley civilization?
What is Indus River.
100
A fortress is called _____ ?
What is citadel.
100
What did the harappans do with cotton long before anyone else?
What is dyed and made cloth with the cotton.
100
What types of bones did the Shang people use to tell the future?
What is oracle bones.
100
The rich Shang lived in wooden houses in the city, the poor Shang lived in the countryside. What were there houses?
What is mud huts or caves.
200
What sea was the Indus River Civilization by?
What is Arabian Sea.
200
Cities built to a certain plan are called_____?
What is planned cities.
200
Name the 3 reasons the harrapens could have left?
What is used up resources, were invaded and were killed, and there population got to big.
200
What were the decedents of the Shang people called, what did they do?
What is Ancestors, they influenced people fortunes.
200
The poor used wooden or stone weapons/tools. What type of weapons did the rich use?
What is bronze weapons.
300
What were the 2 main cities in the Indus River Civilization?
What is Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro.
300
They used ___ to bake stuff.
What is kilns.
300
What animal did they use a lot in pottery and was a simble of strength to them ?
What is the seal.
300
What did the Shang people worship?
What is spirits.
300
The rich rode in the front of the army in what, while the poor march behind them?
What is chariots.
400
What were the 2 mountain groups they lived by?
What is Hindu Kush mountains and the Himalaya mountains.
400
They baked or____ their pottery
What is fired.
400
When did cities appear in the River Valley?
What is 2500 B.C.
400
The Shang people believed they had to please the spirits, what happened when they made them angry?
What is suffer poor harvest or loose a battle.
400
What weapons did the rich use at war?
What is bows and arrows.
500
What desert was south of there civilization?
What is Thar Desert.
500
What do scientists think the people used for religious ceremonies and washing themselves?
What is the great bath.
500
Why did they build high above the ground?
What is the river flooded every year.
500
The king contacted the spirits to make sure they had enough _ so they could have a good _?
What is water, and harvest.
500
What happened because of the great gap between the rich and poor?
What is they were not united enough to fight off invaders.