Indus River Valley text

According to the section called "Civilizations Arise on Rivers" what was the main factor that caused humans to settle down and live in one place?

• Agriculture

• Trade

• Religion

• War

What river was civilization based on in Ancient India?

• Ganges

• Indus

• Brahmaputra

• Yamuna

According to paragraph 2, what civilization was developing at the same time as the Indus?

• Ancient Egypt

• Ancient Mesopotamia

• Yellow River Valley in China

• Kingdom of Ghana

What was not an advancement of the Indus River Valley?

• Indus River provided good conditions for farming

• People in this area developed advanced building methods

• an organized government was needed for building city streets and plumbing projects

• an organized government was required form religious practices

According to paragraphs 4 and 5, what was the Indus River valley able to accomplish? (mark all that apply)

• Built dozens of cities

• advanced houses

• wells and plumbing

• streets built in a grid

We know so much about the Indus River Valley because we have deciphered their written language

• True

• False

What do archaeologists find so surprising as described in paragraph 7? (complete sentences)

What is the central idea of this text?

• To describe the success of the Indus River Valley

• To compare the Indus River Valley to Ancient Egypt

• To highlight the failures of the Indus River Valley

• To describe the development of the Indus River Valley