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