Chapter 5 India Vocabulary

Who was the British archaeologist who

discovered and helped excavate Harappa and

Mohenjo-Daro in the Indus Valley in the 1920s?

• Sir Isaac Newton
• Sir Walter Raleigh
• Sir John Marshall
• Sir Francis Drake

What was the name of the city that was one of the first civilizations in the

Indus Valley; the sister city of Mohenjo-Daro.

• Mumbai
• Harappa
• Chennai
• Delhi

A city of one of the first civilizations

in the Indus Valley; the sister city of Harappa.

• Mohenjo-daro
• Rome
• Athens
• Giza

People who settled in the

Indus Valley and established the ancient cities of

Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro.

• Romans
• Mayans
• Mesopotamians
• Harappan Civilization

A picture or symbol used in early writing

to represent a word, a group of words, or an idea.

• Pictograph

• Morse code
• Alphabet
• Emoticon

A peninsula in southern Asia

that extends into the Indian Ocean, separated from

neighboring countries by the Himalaya Mountains.

• African continent
• North American continent
• Indian subcontinent
• Antarctic continent

a scholar who studies languages

• Geologist
• Historian
• Mathematician
• Linguist

A group of languages spoken by

people of Europe and parts of Asia.

• Romance languages
• Slavic languages
• Semitic languages
• Indo-European languages

Nomads believed to have moved into the

Indus Valley around 1500 BC; conquered the people

of northwestern India.

• Valley
• Conquered
• India
• Aryans

A chief, prince, or ruler in India.

• Raja

• Sultan
• Emperor
• Shogun