Q1.What Is the Indus Valley Civilization?
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SS G6 Term3 Ch4, Section1 Questions & Answers
Q1.What is the Indus Valley Civilization?
In 1922, archaeologists made an exciting discovery, the remains of an ancient city from a previously unknown civilization. Since that time, archeologists have found over 1400 cities from the same civilization. We now call this the Indus Valley Civilization, since ruins of these cities have mostly been found in the Indus Valley of modern day Pakistan and India.
Q2.Where is India?
India is in south Asia. It is called a subcontinent since it is on a different tectonic place then the majority of Asia
Q.3What is a subcontinent?
A large land that juts out from a continent.
Q4.How is India separated from the rest of Asia?
India has water on three sides with the Indian Ocean being the most prominent body of water. In addition, in the north there are the Himalayan Mountains and the Hindu Kush Mountains, while in the east are thick tropical jungles, and in the west deserts.
Q5.What are the Himalayas?
A mountain range that runs 1500 miles on the border between India and Tibet. These mountains separate India from the rest of Asia. The 32 tallest mountain peaks on Earth are in the Himalayas.
Q6.What are the Hindu Kush Mountains?
This is a mountain range in Asia
Q7.Does India have any major rivers? SS G6 Term3 Ch4, Section1 Questions & Answers
Yes. There are many rivers in India.
Examples: the Ganges, and the Indus.
Q8.What is a monsoon?
A strong and often violent wind that blows across India and East Asia at certain seasons of the year.
** The summer monsoon brings rain.
**The winter monsoon brings dry winds.
Q9.Where was the Indus Valley Civilization located?
From about 2500 BCE (perhaps as early as 3000 BCE) to 1500 BCE, an ancient and very advanced people built a civilization along the Indus River, in what is now modern day Pakistan with some built in modern day India. We call this civilization the Indus Valley Civilization.
Q10.Why did the people of the Indus Valley Civilization build their homes along a river?
Like most ancient civilizations they needed the river water to irrigate and grow crops. They also used water for cooking cleaning, washing and whatever else they could think of, including a trade route.
Q11.Where was the Aryan Civilization located? SS G6 Term3 Ch4, Section1 Questions & Answers
An ancient people called the Aryans first migrated into India around 1500 BCE, entering India through the mountain in the north. They settled mostly in what is now northern India and Pakistan.