Indus Valley Civilization Quiz

Where is the Indus Valley located?

• East Asia

• South Asia

• Central Asia

• Southeast Asia

What were the major rivers in the Indus Valley Civilization?

• Indus and Euphrates

• Ganges and Indus

• Ganges and Yangtze

• Nile and Tigris

What type of government did the Indus Valley Civilization have?

• Oligarchy

• Democracy

• Theocracy

• Monarchy

What type of religion did the people of the Indus Valley practice?

• Monotheistic

• Pantheistic

• Polytheistic

• Atheistic

Which social class in the Indus Valley Civilization included priests and academics?

• Kshatriya

• Vaishya

• Brahmins

• Sudra

what was unique about Harrappan homes?

• had gas stoves

• had basements

• had sunroofs

• had multiple stories

What was the most unique object found in the Indus Valley Civilization?

• Jewelry

• Square seals

• Metal tools

• Clay pots

What is believed to have caused the decline of the Indus River Valley civilization?

• Aryan invasion

• Volcanic eruption

• Earthquake

• All of the above

What is believed to have influenced later Indian beliefs based on the worship of the bull in the Indus Valley Civilization?

• Egyptian mythology

• Roman mythology

• Greek mythology

• Hinduism

What was unique about Harrappan Writing

• first to use ink and paper

• used both symbols and pictographs in squares

• first to use "Times New Roman"

• first to have uppercase and lowercase