Indus Valley Civilization Flashcards

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7 things that define civilization

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Values
Cities
Government
Writing
Art
Social structure
Specialization of labor
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Civilization

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Common culture where a large number of people share a number of things in common

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Biggest of civilizations

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Indus

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Planned cities of the Indus

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Mohenjo Daro, Harappa

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Cities in Indus Called —— or ——-

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Harappan or Indus

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Standardized —– and —- in Indus

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Weights

Measurements

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No….in Indus

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Palaces, temples, or large tombs

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Were there a lot of palaces, temples, elaborate graves, social hierarchy, or any other signs of civilizations in the Indus Valley?

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No, not that historians can tell

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Indus had a big impact on

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Environment (like Neolithic)

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Indus Valley practiced ——-

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Irrigation

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Indus Valley civilization increased —— in soil and hurt ——-

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Salt

Crop yield

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Bricks needed to be cooked in ovens, ovens need wood, wood means trees, fewer trees means…in the Indus Valley

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Deforestation

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Were there planned cities in the Indus Valley?

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YES

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Signs of civilization from the planned cities in the Indus Valley:

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Large cities
Similar building styles
Standardized weights and measurements
Irrigation

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What do we know about what Indus Valley people wrote about?

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Nothing because their writing has not been depicted yet

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15
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Indus statue

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“Dancing Girl” is a surviving bronze statue from the Indus Valley