Indus Valley Civilization Check
  • 1. What river did the first civilization in India originate along?
A) Tiber River
B) Indus River
C) Nile River
D) Tigris River
  • 2. What ancient civilization is most similar to the Ancient Indus?
A) Ancient Greece
B) Ancient Rome
C) Ancient China
D) Ancient Mesopotamia
  • 3. Another Indus Valley Civilization that was discovered 400 miles from Harrapa was called:
A) Cairo
B) Mohenjo- Daro
C) Crete
D) Athens
  • 4. Before the Muslin religion existed and because statues of different gods were discovered, it is believed that the Indus people were:
A) polytheistic
B) monotheistic
C) followers of Buddha
D) Roman Catholic
  • 5. What was the design of the roads?
A) straight streets
B) there were no roads
C) the design was circular
D) no design
  • 6. Why did the Ancient Indus people travel?
A) to vacation
B) trade
C) to move to more fertile areas
D) to visit relatives
  • 7. Why can't we read their written language?
A) no writing has been found
B) they did not have a written language
C) we cannot translate it
D) we cannot see their writing
  • 8. What is one theory about why these people disappeared?
A) a volcanic eruption killed everyone
B) they relocated to Rome
C) there was a giant tidal wave
D) there were floods
  • 9. What are some things the Ancient Indus people contributed?
A) all of these
B) build elaborate irrigation systems
C) design large cities
D) develop a culture
  • 10. When did an archaeologist discover the remnants of the large Indus city of Harappa?
A) early 1920's
B) 2000
C) 1850's
D) 300
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