Hanks Test Bank ( BUNDLES )
Most areas in India are what all year? - ANSWER:Warm
Average temperature in Northern India - ANSWER:79
Average temperature in Southern India - ANSWER:85
South of the gear river valleys rise the jungle-clad what and the dry, hilly what? - ANSWER:Vindhya
Mountains and Deccan Plateau
On what coast of India did agriculture flourish? - ANSWER:West
Two major Rivers on India - ANSWER:Indus and Ganges
Civilization that has evidence showing it was a thriving and sophisticated Bronze Age urban culture
dating back to about 2500 B.C.E. - ANSWER:Harappan
Another name for the Harappon civilization - ANSWER:Indus Valley
How many symbols have archeologists been able to decipher from the Harappon civilization? -
ANSWER:400
, The Harappon civilization was twice as large as what two civilizations? - ANSWER:Egypt and Sumer
Standard proportion in the Harappon civilization - ANSWER:4:2:1
The Harappons were the earliest known manufacturers of what? - ANSWER:Cotton cloth
Streets varied from 9 to how many feet in width? - ANSWER:34
Mohenjo had a what that was 39' long by 23' wonde by 8' deep that was likely used for religious
purposes - ANSWER:Pool
The Indus Civilization depended on the constant and intensive cultivation of the rich what? -
ANSWER:River valley
Harappon script was on what? - ANSWER:Clay tablets and seals
When did the Harappon civilization mysteriously decline? - ANSWER:Soon after 2000 B.C.E.
Why did the Hatappon civilization decline? - ANSWER:No one knows
Harappa were the anscetors of who and other Dravidian-speaking peoples of modern India? -
ANSWER:Tamils
People who became dominant in north India after the decline of the Harappon civilization -
ANSWER:Aryans
What Sanskrit word does Aryan come from? - ANSWER:Arya