The Indus River Valley

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Objective: answer at least 14 questions correctly. You are only allowed to answer each question once. JavaScript required!

1. Special priests who are believed to receive messages from the gods are called ____ .

origins
scholars
oracles
dynasties

2. Small rivers and streams that flow into a large river are called ____ .

tributaries
canals
silt
dynasties

3. A large walled-in area, like a fortress, is known as a ____ .

plateau
household
community
citadel

4. The people from whom one is descended are called one's ____ .

family
ancestors
relatives
generations

5. A large landmass such as the Indian peninsula is called a ____ .

subcontinent
range
hemisphere
plateau

6. The first great achievement of the Shang dynasty of China was to ____ .

build a network of canals
develop a system of writing
settle in the Indus River Valley
unite the Huang River Valley

7. The mesopotamians tamed the tigris and Euphrates rivers by ____ .

ideas
characters
an alphabet
a number system

8. To the north of the Indus River Valley are the Himalayas and the ____ .

Indian Ocean
Bay of Bengal
Hindu Kush mountains
Fertile Crescent

9. The rivers and streams of the Huang River Valley were known as "Chinas Sorrow" because they ____ .

brought terrible rains
had giant waterfalls
contained dangerous rocks
frequently dried up

10. The animal drawings on the Harappa stone seals have led scholars to believe that the Indus people ____ .

worshiped certain animals
kept animals as pets
raised animals for food
hunted large animals

11. The Indus River Valley is located in what is now the country of ____ .

India
China
Pakistan
Iran

12. Unlike other ancient civilizations, the Chinese civilization ____ .

survived until modern times
had a central government
traded with other peoples
left no written records

13. To honor their dead ancestors, Chinese families made ____ .

large temples
great towers
small shrines
tiny gardens

14. The farmers of the Indus River Valley were the first people to grow ____ .

wheat
cotton
vegetables
olives

15. Which group of people admired and migrated to the Indus River Valley?

Gam's People
the Aryans
the Chinese
the Sumerians

16. An unusual feature of the houses of Mohenjo-Daro was their ____ .

high ceilings
windows
hallways
indoor plumbing

17. Ancient artifacts show tha the Indus River Valley people were ____ .

great warriors
good sailors
trained cooks
skilled artisans

18. The markings on the oracle bones from the North China Plain provide the ____ in East Asia.

history of a lost city
only data about farming
earliest traces of writing
reasons for migration

19. One of the most important values in ancient Chinese society was ____ .

respect for one's parents
protection of animals
ownership of property
love for one's neighbor

20. When archaeologists found Mesopotamian pottery in the ruins of Indus River Valley cities, they concluded that the ____ .

Mesopotamian civilization existed before the Indus River Valley
Indus people had traded with the people of the Fertile Crescent
Indus people did not know how to make decorated bowls and vases
Mesopotamians migrated through the Indus River Valley to China

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