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Geography / Culture of Early India
January 21, 2015
Name _______________________
1.
What is the definition of subcontinent? How does India
meet that criteria?
2.
What mountains surround and cutoff India from the rest of
Asia?
3.
What is the major source of many of India’s rivers, like the
Indus for instance?
4.
What are monsoon winds and how does it affect the
climate of India?
5.
Where do the winter winds come from and what do the
create?
6.
What were the first two major Harappan cities?
7.
Describe the layout of Harappan cities.
8.
What are some of the achievements of Harappan
civilization?
9.
What was unique about their writing system?
10.
What do scholars believe about Harappan government?
11.
What are possible situations that may have led to the end
of Harappan society?
12.
Where did the Aryans come from and how did they get to
India?
13.
What are the Vedas?
14.
How did Aryans subsist in the beginning and how did that
change? Why?
15.
Describe Aryan government. How was it different than
Harappan society?
16.
What are Rajas and what is their relationship to the
villagers?
17.
What was the relationship between rajas like?
18.
Describe the development of language. What is the root
of most Indian languages?
19.
What was the affect of Aryan migration on India?
20.
Are you ready for the Hindu Gods?