Ancient India

strong seasonal winds that influence India's climate

• monsoons

• Himalaya

• Sanskrit

• raja

a social group that one is born into and cannot change

• jati

• raja

• Himalaya

• Sanskrit

the prince or leader of an Aryan tribe

• monsoons

• Sanskrit

• raja

• jati

mountain range blocking Indian subcontinent from Asia

• jati

• raja

• Sanskrit

• Himalaya

the written language developed in Aryan villages

• jati

• raja

• Sanskrit

• monsoons

Which of the following is one of India's three most important rivers?

• Ganges
• Nile
• Yamuna
• Brahmaputra

The large cities of the Indus Valley civilization featured homes made mostly of....

• bricks
• straw
• stone
• wood

What natural disasters possibly caused the people of the Indus Valley to begin to abandon their cities?

• droughts and volcanic eruptions
• hurricanes and tsunamis
• floods and earthquakes
• wildfires and avalanches

Which was a nomadic people that entered the Indus River valley around 1500 BC?

• Aryans
• Huns
• Goths
• Vikings

In India's varna system, the Kshatriyas class contained which people?

• warriors and rulers
• untouchables and outcasts
• priests and scholars
• farmers and merchants