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What were the twin cities of the Indus Valley?
Mohenjo Daro and Sumer
Harappa and Himalaya
Harappa and Cairo
Mohenjo Daro and Harappa
What is a monsoon?
A strong, seasonal wind
What is a word that describes a place of peace, with no more rebirth required?
Veda
Moksha
Shiva
Varna
A varna is
A strong seasonal wind
An Aryan prince
An irrigation tool
One of the social classes in a caste
Which is larger: A caste or a varna
Same size
Varna
A caste--it is a collection of varnas
India is a _____________ of Asia
City
Continent
Subcontinent
Country
What is the name of the mountain range that separates India from China
Hindu Kush
The Himalayas
Mohenjo Daro
What mountain range did the Aryans travel into the Indus Valley through?
Himalayan
Everest
Hindu-Kush
Aryan
During what season would the monsoons bring cold dry air into the Indus Valley?
Spring
Fall
Winter
Summer
What would most likely happen to the land during the summer in the Indus Valley?
Silt would be left on the banks of the Euphrates
There would be a drought
It would flood
Crops would grow the fastest
What word describes a fortress at the west end of each city?
Brahman
Varna
citadel
Stupa
What is true about houses in the Mohenjo Daro?
They were all about the same size and had = access to water
The size of the house depended on the veda of the family
The size of the house depended on the varna of the family
Only priests were allowed to live in brick homes
Which group invaded the Indus Valley and brought social changes?
The Sumerians
The Aryans
The Mesopotamians
The Egyptians
What was the name of the language that the Aryans introduced into the Indus Valley
Cuneiform
Sanskrit
Hammurabi
Papyrus
Vedas contained all of the following except:
laws
songs
poems
sacred or holy writings
True or False: People in India frequently moved up and down in the caste system, depending on who was leading the city
False
True
