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Ancient India

Geography

Question: The Indus River runs through this present day country.
Answer: What is Pakistan.

Question: These mountains border Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Answer: What are the Hindu Kush.

Question: This passage through the Hindu Kush is the major point of entry into the Indus River and Ganges River valleys.
Answer: What is the Khyber Pass.

Question: This major river in India is sacred to the Hindu religion.
Answer: What is the Ganges.

Question: This plateau prevented the Aryans from migrating further into southern India.
Answer: What is the Deccan Plateau.

Harappan Civilization

Question: In 1922, archaeologists in the Indus River valley found the remains of this ancient cityl
Answer: What is Harappa.

Question: Houses in the Indus River valley were made of this material.
Answer: What are oven-fired clay bricks.

Question: This very similar city was discoverd 400 miles soutwest of Harappa.
Answer: What is Mohenjo-Daro.

Question: Each city contained a huge warehouse used to store this important product.
Answer: What is grain.

Question: These Indus River valley civilizations may have disappeared due to these three events.


Answer: What are floods, earthquakes, and invading forces.

Aryans

Question: These nomads, once settled, were ruled by military leaders called this.
Answer: What are rajas.

Question: What we know about the Aryans comes from these sacred writings.
Answer: What are the Vedas.

Question: Their word for "war" meant this.
Answer: What is "a desire for more cows."

Question: These migrants who moved into northern India valued this.
Answer: What is sacrifice.

Question: The Aryans' gods personified elements of this.
Answer: What is nature.

Caste System

Question: These special priests knew all the complicated religious rituals.
Answer: What are the Brahmin.

Question: This was the new social order the Aryans brought with them.
Answer: What is the "caste system."

Question: These were the warriors and nobles in the new caste system.
Answer: What are the Kshatriyas.

Question: These were the servants and farmers in the caste system.
Answer: What are the Shudras.

Question: This is the Indian name for the "untouchables".

Answer: What is "pariah."

General Information

Question: Because these were found in Mesopotamia, it is believed the Harappan civilization traded there.
Answer: What are stone signature seals.

Question: These provide much of the rain in the Indus River valley.
Answer: What are the southwest monsoons.

Question: The inhabitants of the two Indus River valley cities exchanged this in trade.
Answer: What is cotton.

Question: In ancient Indian culture, and often today, marriage is made by this.
Answer: What is an "arrangement."

Question: The ancient Indian custom of suttee or "sati" is this.
Answer: What is a "widow's death by fire."