Ancient India Test PRACTICE

Front

What separates the subcontinent of India from the rest of Asia? Options: Indian Ocean, Bay of Bengal, Deccan Plateau, Himalaya Mountains

Back

Himalaya Mountains

Front

Where did the first civilization of India arise? Options: along the Ganges River, near the coast of the subcontinent, on the central plateau, along the Indus River

Back

along the Indus River

Front

What do Winter Monsoons bring?

Back

drought

Front

Why did early farming villages in India depend on Summer Monsoons?

Back

Summer Monsoons brought rain.

Front

Which was the first Indus Valley city to be discovered? Harappa, Kalibangan, Thebes, Babylon

Back

Harappa

Front

What does “Mohenjo-daro” mean?

Back

Mound of the Dead

Front

Which crop did Indus Valley people use to make cloth? Options: Wheat, Barley, Flax, Cotton

Back

Cotton

Front

The Indus Valley Civilization had the world’s first ______________.

Back

Sewer system

Front

Where did the people of this civilization store their surplus crops? Options: citadels, the Great Bath, granaries, pyramids

Back

granaries

Front

Which of the following is NOT an advancement of Indus Valley Civilization? Dice, Indoor Toilets, Sewer systems, coal burning fireplace, all of the above

Back

coal burning fireplace