Indus Valley Quiz
  • 1. These two natural barriers are found on the borders of India:
A) Pacific Ocean and Alps
B) Himalayas and the Indian Ocean
C) Himalayas and Black Sea
  • 2. The Harrapan Civilization was discovered in the year:
A) 300
B) 1922
C) 1200
  • 3. Homes in the Indus Valley were typically:
A) Three stories, baked brick
B) )ne or two stories, baked brick, with flat roofs
C) Mud homes with thatched roofs
  • 4. These were discovered in the center of the towns:
A) Forum for gathering and politics
B) Great baths or pool areas
C) Temples for worship and sacrifice
  • 5. The Himalayan Mountains provided:
A) Easy access to other parts of the continent
B) Metals, minerals, fresh water, timber
C) Transportation
  • 6. As the Indus Valley Civilization was uncovered, it was discovered that deeper towns were:
A) not built in a grid system
B) more skillfully built
C) less skillfully built
  • 7. This is India's first major religion which involved the belief that a person can have rebirth into a new form of life:
A) Hinduism
B) Polytheism
C) Buddha
  • 8. Another Indus Valley Civilization that was discovered 400 miles from Harrapa was called:
A) Crete
B) Mohenjo- Daro
C) Poseidon
  • 9. It is believed that the Indus women even wore:
A) crowns
B) lipstick
C) togas
  • 10. Because statues of different gods were discovered, it is believed that the Indus people were:
A) Polytheistic
B) Monotheistic
C) Roman Catholic
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