Indus Valley

Question 1

What does the Great Bath suggest about the Harappan culture?

Answer 1

The importance of cleanliness and ritual

Question 2

List the four earliest civilizations of the world.

Answer 2

Indus Valley Civilization, Mesopotamian Civilization, Egyptian Civilization, Chinese Civilization

Question 3

Harappan seals had engravings of_________

Answer 3

Animals

Question 4

The houses in Harappa were made of mud. ➤ True or False?

Answer 4

F

Question 5

Harappan script has been deciphered. ➤ True or False?

Answer 5

F

Question 6

Why do we say that Harappa was a well-planned city?

Answer 6

It had a grid-like street pattern, proper drainage systems, and baked brick houses.

Question 7

What were seals used for in the Harappan civilization?

Answer 7

Small, engraved objects used for stamping; often made of stone and featured images of animals and scripts, possibly used for trade and identification.

Question 8

Describe the art and craft of Indus Valley Civilization.

Answer 8

They made beautiful pottery, seals, ornaments, and toys; artisans worked with metals, beads, shells, and semi-precious stones.

Question 9

Large Indus Valley site in Kutch discovered in 1990.

Answer 9

Dholavira

Question 10

Houses were constructed with _______.

Answer 10

baked bricks

Question 11

The first plants to be grown were___________

Answer 11

Wheat and barley

Question 12

What is a civilization?

Answer 12

A complex society with cities, a central government, job specialization, and social classes.

Question 13

What is the Great Bath?

Answer 13

A large, public bathing area found in Mohenjo-Daro, believed to have been used for ritual bathing.

Question 14

What is a citadel?

Answer 14

A fortified area in a city, usually on higher ground, which served as the center of administration and protection in Harappan cities.

Question 15

The Indus Valley Civilization started in______

Answer 15

3,500 BCE

Question 16

Harappa was a _______ City.

Answer 16

well-Planned

Question 17

The Indus Valley civilization was an urban civilization. ➤ True or False?

Answer 17

T

Question 18

Name three other civilizations which existed at the same time as the Indus Valley Civilization.

Answer 18

Egyptian, Mesopotamian, Chinese

Question 19

The Great Bath in Harappa is an important place. ➤ True or False?

Answer 19

T

Question 20

Name any four Indus cities.

Answer 20

Harappa, Mohenjo-Daro, Lothal, Kalibangan

Question 21

What were the reasons for the decline of Indus Valley civilizations?

Answer 21

• Natural disasters like floods
• River dried up or changed its course
• Attack by foreign invaders
• Decline of land fertility and fall in agriculture

Question 22

The Harappan civilization belongs to______

Answer 22

Bronze Age

Question 23

The Harappan script is _______.

Answer 23

undeciphered

Question 24

A dockyard has been excavated at___________

Answer 24

Lothal

Question 25

Indus Valley people made iron tools. ➤ True or False?

Answer 25

F

Question 26

Harappa is situated in _______

Answer 26

Pakistan

Question 27

The red pottery of Indus Valley civilization is probably the _______ of its kind in the Indian subcontinent.

Answer 27

earliest

Question 28

Religious practices in Harappa included worship of _______.

Answer 28

nature, animals, and possibly a mother goddess

Question 29

The Harappan script remains _______.

Answer 29

undeciphered

Question 30

Houses in Kalibangan had no _______ in the courtyard.

Answer 30

drains

Question 31

The Indus Valley civilization declined by about____________

Answer 31

1,000 BCE

Question 32

What is the meaning of the word Mohenjo-Daro?

Answer 32

Mound of the Dead

Question 33

Seals of Harappa were made of _______ and featured animal motifs and script.

Answer 33

steatite