Social Studies - India - test 11/7/13

Question 1

What is a subcontinent?

Answer 1

a large landmass that is smaller than a continent

Question 2

Is India a subcontinent?

Answer 2

yes

Question 3

What is the highest mountain range in the world?

Answer 3

Himalayas

Question 4

What is to the North of India?

Answer 4

Himalayas

Question 5

What is to the West of India?

Answer 5

Hindu Kush

Question 6

Where was India’s 1st civilization?

Answer 6

Indus

Question 7

What caused the land to be fertile in Pakistan?

Answer 7

Indus flooded when the mountain snow melted.

Question 8

Where did the Harappans settle?

Answer 8

The Indus River Valley

Question 9

What made the Harappans grow?

Answer 9

irrigation and agriculture

Question 10

Describe the climate.

Answer 10

hot and humid

Question 11

What is a monsoon?

Answer 11

seasonal wind patterns that causes wet and dry seasons

Question 12

How many inches of rain does India receive in the summer due to monsoons?

Answer 12

100 or 200 inches of rain

Question 13

What are winters like in India?

Answer 13

warm, dry

Question 14

Who was the Harappan civilization named after?

Answer 14

Harrapas

Question 15

The Harappa and the Mojenho Daro had what type of wells?

Answer 15

public wells

Question 16

What do you think the public wells were used for?

Answer 16

drinking water

Question 17

What is a citadel?

Answer 17

fortress

Question 18

What did Harappan houses have?

Answer 18

bathrooms and indoor plumbing

Question 19

Have we deciphered Harappan writing?

Answer 19

no

Question 20

Why don’t we know how Harappan civilization ended?

Answer 20

There is no written record.

Question 21

What are Vedas?

Answer 21

religious writings

Question 22

Did the Aryans build big cities?

Answer 22

no

Question 23

What is raja?

Answer 23

a leader who ruled a village and the land around it

Question 24

Did all the rajas get along?

Answer 24

no

Question 25

What happened when the rajas did not get along?

Answer 25

They went to war against each other.

Question 26

Why did the Arayans memorize their poems and hymns?

Answer 26

They could not read or write so they memorized.

Question 27

What is Sanskrit?

Answer 27

The most important language of ancient India.

Question 28

Is Sanskrit spoken today in India?

Answer 28

no