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Indus Valley Civilization Check
Contributed by: Russ
  • 1. What river did the first civilization in India originate along?
A) Tigris River
B) Nile River
C) Indus River
D) Tiber River
  • 2. What ancient civilization is most similar to the Ancient Indus?
A) Ancient Mesopotamia
B) Ancient Greece
C) Ancient China
D) Ancient Rome
  • 3. Another Indus Valley Civilization that was discovered 400 miles from Harrapa was called:
A) Athens
B) Cairo
C) Crete
D) Mohenjo- Daro
  • 4. Before the Muslin religion existed and because statues of different gods were discovered, it is believed that the Indus people were:
A) polytheistic
B) Roman Catholic
C) monotheistic
D) followers of Buddha
  • 5. What was the design of the roads?
A) the design was circular
B) straight streets
C) no design
D) there were no roads
  • 6. Why did the Ancient Indus people travel?
A) trade
B) to move to more fertile areas
C) to vacation
D) to visit relatives
  • 7. Why can't we read their written language?
A) they did not have a written language
B) we cannot see their writing
C) we cannot translate it
D) no writing has been found
  • 8. What is one theory about why these people disappeared?
A) there was a giant tidal wave
B) there were floods
C) a volcanic eruption killed everyone
D) they relocated to Rome
  • 9. What are some things the Ancient Indus people contributed?
A) design large cities
B) all of these
C) build elaborate irrigation systems
D) develop a culture
  • 10. When did an archaeologist discover the remnants of the large Indus city of Harappa?
A) early 1920's
B) 1850's
C) 2000
D) 300
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