Vocabulary and Definitions Assessment

• rich in the materials or nutrients needed to produce many strong, healthy crops

• fertile

• resembles

• conquer

to overcome something by mental or physical force

• conquer

• fertile

• source

• something a person or group does regularly over a period of time

• custom

• unjust

• resembles

• a Hindu festival celebrated in October or November each year, that involves the lighting of many lamps and candles 

• custom

• Indus River

• Diwali

•  the river at the center of the first civilization in ancient India

• Indus River

• source

• Diwali

 stands for something; a symbol of something

• unjust

• conquer

• represent

looks like or is similar to something

• source

• unjust

• resembles

the start or cause of something

• unjust

• source

• custom

• not right; not fair

• resembles

• conquer

• unjust

What is one characteristic of a civilization?

• cities

• buildings

• food