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What were the twin cities of the Indus Valley?
Mohenjo Daro and Sumer
Harappa and Cairo
Harappa and Himalaya
Mohenjo Daro and Harappa
What is a monsoon?
A strong, seasonal wind
What is a word that describes an Aryan prince?
Sanskrit
Veda
Raja
A varna is
One of the social classes in a caste
A strong seasonal wind
An irrigation tool
An Aryan prince
Which is larger: A caste or a varna
Varna
A caste--it is a collection of varnas
Same size
India is a _____________ of Asia
City
Country
Subcontinent
Continent
What is the name of the mountain range that separates India from China
Hindu Kush
Mohenjo Daro
The Himalayas
What mountain range did the Aryans travel into the Indus Valley through?
Himalayan
Everest
Hindu-Kush
Aryan
During what season would the monsoons bring cold dry air into the Indus Valley?
Spring
Winter
Summer
Fall
What would most likely happen to the land during the summer in the Indus Valley?
Silt would be left on the banks of the Euphrates
There would be a drought
It would flood
Crops would grow the fastest
What word describes a fortress at the west end of each city?
citadel
Stupa
Brahman
Varna
What is true about houses in the Mohenjo Daro?
The size of the house depended on the varna of the family
The size of the house depended on the veda of the family
They were all about the same size and had = access to water
Only priests were allowed to live in brick homes
Which group invaded the Indus Valley and brought social changes?
The Aryans
The Sumerians
The Mesopotamians
The Egyptians
What was the name of the language that the Aryans introduced into the Indus Valley
Sanskrit
Papyrus
Cuneiform
Hammurabi
Vedas contained all of the following except:
poems
laws
sacred or holy writings
songs
True or False: People in India frequently moved up and down in the caste system, depending on who was leading the city
True
False
