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Ancient India is the modern countries of
India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh
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2 mountain chains in the north meet to form point & separate India from
Asia
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what mountain range is in the NE
Himalayas
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what mountain range is in the NW
Hindukush
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lies just about south of the mountains and is the heartland of India
Indus Ganges Plain
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2,000 mile arc of land made fertile from silt of ____ & ____ rivers
Indus, and Ganges
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flows SW from Himalayas through modern Pakistan
Indus
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flows SE from Himalayas through India, then Bangladesh
Ganges
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______ extends into Indian Ocean
Southern Peninsula
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a high plateau with twisting rivers and harsh land
Deccan Plateau
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Along ________ of the Deccan Plateau is ____, ____ lands with a ____ climate and ____ soil
- the coast
- lush
- tropical
- wet
- dry
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seasonal winds are called
monsoons
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in the spring monsoons blow
SW
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what did spring monsoons bring
moisture from the oceans
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people depend on monsoons to bring
rain
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too much rain means;
the floods will sweep away full villages
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too little rain means;
plants withered so people went hungry
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well-planned cities flourished in the Indus Valley, beginning about
2500 BC
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must have a strong ____ to coordinate city-building projects in such large cities
central government
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Harrpa and Mohenjo-Dara had populations of _____ people
30,000
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streets run _____
N&S, and then E&W
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mighty ___ surround cities
walls
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walls were made of
oven-fired bricks of a standard size
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huge public _____ for ___
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community _____ with pool
boat house
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cities and houses were ____ & _____
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houses were ___ stories
2-3
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houses did not have
windows
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inner _____ and rooftops for fresh air
courtyards
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showers were
brick-floored bathing rooms with drains
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they grew
weeds, barely, cotton
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they raised
sheep, goats, and pigs
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Indus Valley people traded with people from
Mesopotamia
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what did artisans make?
hand crafts such as; kiln-fired pottery, dyed cloth, works of metal in gold, silver, copper, bronze and lead. and they made toys
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indus valley civilization ended after (how many years)
1000 years around 1,500 B.C.
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why did the indus river valley end
- - indus r. may have changed course and stopped depositing fertile soil.
- -people may have worn out the land by over grazing
- -invaders may have attacked and weakened cities
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aryans move in from the
northwest
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nomadic herders- (did what)
left cities abandoned
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aryans were
illiterate and they had no form of writing
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aryan language =
sanskrit
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