The Indus Valley

Lesson 1: The Indus Valley

The present-day countries of India, Pakistan and Bangladesh are located on the large peninsula that extends southward from southern Asia. Brian was feeling sick and he went to sleep. He woke up in a weird dungeon! He was trapped by bad people that hated anybody that wasn't part of their team. Answer this questions about the Indus valley correctly to help Little Brian escape the prison of the bad people.

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INDUS VALLEY INTRUDUCTION

The present-day countiries of India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh are located on the large peninsula that extends southward from southern Asia. Geographers call the peninssula a subcontinent because of its large size and its separateness from the rest of the continent. The Indian subcontinet is seprated from the rest of Asia by a long wall of rocky, snow-capped mountains called the Himalayas. The two great rivers of the Indian subcontinent, the Indus and the Ganges, begin in the snowy peaks of the Himalayas and flow southward. It was along the Indus River that the subcontinet's earliest civilization developed. The Indus Valley Civilization is now often compared with the far more famous cultures of Egypt and Mesopotamia, but this is a fairly recent development. The roots of the Indus Valley civilization can be traced back to the site of Mehrgarh in Pakistan dated to about 7000 BC. The civilization reached its peak around 2600 BC and it went into decline around 1900 BC. It depends on what you mean. Kot Diji civilization as the start? in this case around 3000 cal BCE. The total population of the civilization is thought to have been upward of 5 million, & its territory stretched over 900 miles (1,500 km) along the Indus River. The Indus cities are noted for their urban planning, a technical and political process concerned with the use of land and design of the urban environment. They are also noted for their baked brick houses, elaborate drainage systems, water supply systems, and clusters of large, nonresidential buildings.

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Vocabulary

1. subcontinent: a large, distinguishable part of a continent. 2. regulate: control acording to a set of rules, 3. commercial: trade 4. artisan: craftworkers 5. inscription: written messages 6. urban planing: thoughtful designs of a city. 7. citedral: large fortlike structure. 8. granary: grain-storage buildings 9. assimilate: into 10. monsoon: seasonal wind shift that brings heavy rains.

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Answer the following questions correctly to free Lil Brian!Use your book on page 142 to answer!

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What were the items that the early people usually trade?

Cotton and Minerals

Bronze and Silver

Cotton and Lumber

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What were some of the things people used for transportation?

Pack animals, River barges, and Animal drawn carts.

Herds of wolves and other animals.

Cars made of wood.

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QUESTION 3/10

Mohenjo-Daro was built using a:

Parallel System

Metal Worked System

Grid System

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QUESTION 4/10

Mohenjo-Daro and several other cities were divided into two parts. Which ones were the parts?

Northwestern and The Southeast.

Southern and Northern

Eastern and Western

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QUESTION 5/10

Which one of the 2 religions was the religious one?

Western

Both were religious

Eastern

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Most of the buildings in Mohenjo-Daro were made of:

Dirt

Wood

Bricks

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Why did the Harappan Civilization End?

They went broke after being robbed and conquered.

They were conquered by the Assyrians

It's still a mystery

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When did the Harappan civilization start to slowly break into smaller pieces?

980 B.C

1700 B.C

1600 B.C

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Another theory is that the end of the Harappan civilization was because of:

The Death of a Royal Family Member

The Massive Conquer

A Natural Disaster

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QUESTION 10/10

A seasonal wind shift that brings heavy rains.

Hurricane

Tornado

Monsoon

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