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ANCIENT INDIA WORKSHEET PAGES 1 & 2
Looking Back
1. What natural barriers separate India from the rest of Asia?
Answer
The barriers are the Bay of Bengal to the east, the Arabian Sea to the west, and to the north the Hindu-Kush Mountains and the Himalayan Mountains.
Looking Back
2. What are the two regions of India?
Answer
The two regions of India are Northern and Southern
Looking Back
3. Think Deeper: In what region of India do you think civilization began? Why?
Answer
Northwestern region of India because the Indus River Valley is located there in modern day Pakistan.
Page 2
The Indus Valley Civilization
Looking Back
1. Where did civilization begin in India?
Answer
Civilization began in the Indus River Valley just like it did in Sumer and Egypt. It began around 2500 B.C.E..
A freshwater supply allows life to prosper, not only people but animals and vegetation.
Looking Back
2. How did Indus Valley people build their cities?
Answer
The cities were planned, the streets were wide, straight, and paved. They built their cities out of mud bricks and they baked the bricks in ovens. Sewer systems were built to carry waste out of the city.
Looking Back
What were some achievements of the Indus Valley people?
Answer
Indus people developed Writing and counting systemSystem of weights and measuresCraftsmen made jewelry and other
objects out of gold, bronze, and copper
Wove cotton clothTraded with Mesopotamia