Unit Exam: India

First civilization in the Indus River Valley?

• Harappa

• Mesopotamia

• Gupta

• Qin

What were the farmers of the Indus River Valley the first people in the world to grow?

• cotton
• rice
• barley
• wheat

Which statement is true about Mohenjodaro?

• Government documents were found in a building.

• The streets are laid out in a grid.
• Art depicted strong leaders.

• Cave drawings were found

Mohenjo-daro designed and built one of the first.....

• building complex
• park system
• drainage and sewage system
• plows

Indus River Valley language?

• Varna
• Vedic
• Sanskrit
• Indian

A fortress sitting on top of a hill is called.....

• city-state
• citadel
• civilization
• armory

If you were a farmer in ancient India. What caste would you typically belong to?

• Brahman
• Vashiyas

How did stone seals came to be located in the Indus River Valley?

• carried by currents

• stolen

• trade

• migration

Why did people settle in the Indus River Valley?

• flooding provided good soil

• protection

• navigation on rivers

• settled because they had no choice

How do archeologists know that the Harappan civilization in the Indus River valley was advanced?

• It was able to survive monsoon winds which 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 architecture built with bricks, sanitation systems, and roads arranged in grid-systems.
• It had a monotheistic religion, a monarchy, and a system of writing using letters.