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Mountain Range the separates China and India.
Himalayan Mountain Range
Mountain Range that's at the Northwest of India.
Hindu Kush.
Desert in the Northwest of India.
Thar Desert
2nd Largest Desert in the World, found in China.
Gobi Desert
Desert that is in the Northwest of China, near the Tibetan Plateau.
Taklamakan Desert
River where the first Chinese dynasty was found
Huang He (Yellow River)
River where the first Indian civilization was found.
Indus River
Strong, seasonal winds that greatly effect the climate of India.
Monsoons
First dynasty in China.
Shang Dynasty
What do we call a family that rules over a kingdom or empire, passing down from generation to generation.
Dynasty
What metal were the Shang Dynasty of China famous for using?
Bronze
Name one of the two major cities that the Indus Valley Culture created in India.
Harappa or Mohenjo-Daro
What feature of the Indus Valley Culture makes us believe that they had a strong government or leadership?
Highly organized city plan (grids)
What culture did this come from?
Indus Valley Culture
What clues does this artifact tell us about the culture it came from?
They had domesticated animals, they did trade, they had a writing system
Why did the earliest civilizations settle around river valleys?
Transportation, helped with farming, food source, water source, etc.
