India Unit Practice

The Indus River Valley Civilization was in which two countries?

• India and Iran

• Pakistan and Iran

• India and Afghanistan

• India and Pakistan

 What is the cause of the flooding of the Indus River?

• hurricanes

• snow melting from the mountains

• monsoon winds

• From heavy rainfall in the south where rainforests are located.

How did monsoon winds affect the development of civilization in the Indus River Valley?

• They harmed it by preventing rain that would have allowed agriculture to flourish.

• They helped it by bringing rain that caused rivers to overflow and deposit rich silt on the plains.

• They harmed it by bringing rain that caused rivers to overflow and flood the surrounding plains.

• They helped it by preventing rain that would have caused rivers to overflow and flood the surrounding plain

What were the effects of having good soil and heavy rains from the monsoon winds?

• It created an unlivable environment.

• It created a great environment for maritime trade.

• It created an environment that was acceptable to invasion.

• It created a great environment where surpluses of food could be grown

What was special about the design of Harappa and Mohenjo-daro?

• first cities ever built

• only cities to have granaries

• planned communities on a grid

• only cities to have walls around the city

Why were geographical landforms like the Himalayan Mountains, Thar Desert, and the Indian Ocean important to the development of the Indus River Valley Civilization?

• The landforms were used for their natural resources.

• The landforms acted as natural barriers that help prevent invasion.

• The landforms provided a beautiful setting for the formation of a civilization.

• The landsforms helped increase trade.

How do archaeologists know that the Harappan civilization in the Indus River Valley was advanced?

• It had architecture built with bricks, sanitation systems, and roads arranged in grid-systems.

• It was able to survive monsoon winds that destroyed crops by relying on trade rather than agriculture.

• It was built next to a cemetery called the Hill of the Dead and had elaborate military defense systems.

• It had a monotheistic religion, a monarchy, and a system of writing using letters.

In the summer when the monsoon winds blow over the Arabian Sea what type of weather does India and Pakistan receive?

• Heavy rain because the winds are blowing from the west over the Arabian Sea

• Heavy rain because the winds are blowing from the east over the Bay of Bengal.

• Moderate rainfall because the winds are blowing from the south over the Indian Ocean

• Little precipitation because the winds are blowing from east over the Himalayas.

In the winter when the monsoon winds blow over the Himalayan Mountains what type of weather do India and Pakistan receive?

• Little to no precipitation because the winds are blowing from the east over the Himalayas.

• Heavy rain because the winds are blowing from the east over the Bay of Bengal.

• Moderate rainfall because the winds are blowing from the south over the Indian Ocean

• Heavy rain because the winds are blowing from the west over the Arabian Sea

Top tier or 1st tier

• Dalits

• Vaisyas

• Kshatriyas

• Sudras

• Brahmin