L12: Geography and the Early Settlement of India
Cotton, cereals, and oilseeds are all types of crops that grow in what region of India?
The Deccan Plateau
A war game that was played in Mohenjodaro was considered to be an early form of what popular game today?
Chess
What achievement of the Guptas encouraged trade and connected cities far away?
Roads
The ancient civilization of Mohenjodaro was located on the banks of which river?
The Indus
Which term does this definition describe:
A stong wind that brings heavy rain into Asia in the summer
Monsoon
A major source of water that feeds directly into India's northern rivers such as the Indus, Ganges, and Brahmaputra is what? (What creates the water, where is it coming from)
Melting snow and ice in the Himalayas
What relation do the following words have with the civilization of Mohenjodaro?
-Invaders
-Floods
-Earthquakes
Theories why it disappeared
What addition was made to modern math that came from ancient India by the way of Arab mathematicians?
Zero
In the Gupta empire what were only men and teachers daughters allowed to attend?
Colleges and universities
This definition best describes what term:
A period of great innovation, prosperity, and achievement
Golden age
To pass from Central Asia into India people have been using what in the Hindu Kush mountains, for thousands of years?
The Khyber Pass
What was added to the citadel of Mohenjodaro that suggests it had enemies who might attack the residents?
A wall around it
Famous ancient paintings in Buddhist monasteries that were originally painted on cave walls were located in what city?
Ajanta
What two mountain ranges form a V on the bottom half of the India?
The Eastern and Western Ghats
This definition best describes what term:
A large landmass that is smaller than a continent
Subcontinent
A traveler passing through this region would expect to see sand and stone, huge rolling dunes that stretch for hundreds of miles with little vegetation?
The Thar Desert
What feature of Mohenjodaro was quite different from other settlements of that time in fact it wasn't seen again until the romans?
A sewer system
Due to the Guptas learning a written language, many legends were written down preserving what religion?
Hinduism
What was the name of the empire that existed in India prior to the Gupta's?
The Mauryan empire
This definition best describes what term:
An ancient Indian civilization that flourished for about 800 years, from about 2700 BCE to 1900 BCE located near the Indus River?
Mohenjodaro
How are the Indus and Ganges rivers similar to the Nile River in Egypt?
They carry silt that enriches the soil
Homes in Mohenjodaro had from one to a dozen rooms. What does this suggest about the city?
Some people were wealthier than others
Which advancement in the Gupta empires golden age still leaves historians confused about how they were able to create it?
Metalwork
The Gupta empire began underneath which ruler?
Chandragupta I
This definition best describes what term:
A theory or set of values by which one lives; the search for wisdom and knowledge
Philosophy