Chapter 5 - quiz 1

Question 0

How do historians know the people of the Harappan civilization were intelligent and advanced?

Answer 0

Very organized cities
two-story houses with usable rooms
indoor plumbing and sewer system

More artifacts showed Indus people were artistic and skilled craftsmen

Question 1

What two ancient cities were unearthed in India in the 1920s?

Answer 1

Harappa

Mohenjo-Daro

Question 2

Who discovered the ancient cities of Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro?

Answer 2

Sir John Marshall

Question 3

These cities have been dated at approximately 2300 BC, and they existed at the same time as Mesopotamia and ancient Egypt.

Answer 3

Harappa

Mohenjo-Daro

Question 4

Where were Harappa and Mohenjo-DaroThese found?

Answer 4

The Indus Valley (Pakistan)

Question 5

What geographic feature did the Harappan Civilization live near?

Answer 5

Indus River (in Pakistan).

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Question 6

What was the name of the civilization and people that lived in Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro?

Answer 6

Harappan civilization

Question 7

Why is the Harappan language difficult to decipher?

Answer 7

no artifact like the Rosetta Stone exists that can translate it

Question 8

What group of people took control of the Indus Valley after the Harap- pans disappeared?

Answer 8

Aryan Civilization

Question 9

True or False: Since a lot of the Harappan artifacts had pictographs drawn on them, it is easy to understand the Harappan language?

Answer 9

False

Missing the “Rosetta Stone” to crack the code

Question 10

Who are scholars who study languages?

Answer 10

Linguists

Question 11

Why don’t we know a lot about the Harappan culture?

Answer 11

We can’t understand their language

Question 12

Evidence suggests Harappan civilization came to an end between 1700 and 1500 BC. What could have happened?

Answer 12

Invasion
Flood
Famine

Question 13

Nomads from the north called themselves Arya, which means…..

Answer 13

Noble

Question 14

Why do we know more about the Aryans then the Harappans?

Answer 14

Aryans had a written language

Question 15

The written language of the Aryans is called ____?

Answer 15

Sanakrit

Question 16

Much of this culture’s art reflected their religious beliefs. Sculptures of gods and goddesses were very common and were probably used in worship.

Answer 16

Aryans

Question 17

When do the rains arrive in India?

Answer 17

Summer monsoon season

Question 18

What is a wind that reverses direction with the change of season

Answer 18

Monsoon

Question 19

India’s summer winds blow from which direction? What body of water?

Answer 19

Southwest

the Indian Ocean

Once over land, the water vapor in the air condenses and falls as rain.

Question 20

This country’s name means “land of the Aryans”

Answer 20

Iran

Question 21

Who took the the Aryan name and believed in a superior race in Germany until the U.S. And British defeated him in WWII?

Answer 21

Hitler

Question 22

Hitler also borrowed one of Aryan symbols…. In sanskrit this means “a sign of good luck”?

Answer 22

Swastika