Indus river valley - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

2000 GE Exam 3 Questions and Answers Latest Updated What is the world's highest mountain range? What made it? Where is the Deccan plateau? - CORRECT ANSWER-Himalayas, world's highest mountain range. Made from the crash of Indian and Eurasian plates. The Deccan plateau is in Southern India and is surrounded by Ghats (smaller mnt ranges). What technically is the monsoon? How do winds flow in the winter? In the summer? Which one is the rainy season for most of the sub-con...

Subcontinent : a large area of land that is seperated from other countries by water and land Mount Everest : The world's tallest mountain, located in the Himalayas. Monsoon : SEASONAL WINDS THAT BRINGS HEAVY RAIN IN MAINLY ASIA, LASTS FROM JUNE-SEPT. Indus River Valley : An area in India that contains some of the best farmland in the world. The Indus River carries silt from the mountains to the plains, which leaves the surrounding soil rich and fertile. Birthplace of India. Harapp...

The number of Hindus today constitute the ________ religion today. - Answer-third largest The word Hinduism comes from _________ which means great Indus River in Sanskrit. - Answer-Sindhu The great majority of Hindus live - Answer-on the South Asian subcontinent Hinduism is a singular tradition whose adherents practice the same rituals and believe in the same gods. - Answer-False The word "dharma" means - Answer-duty or way of life The two major ethnic groups in India are: - Ans...

In which state are the Boston Mountains located? - Arkansas In geology, _________ or cryotic soil is soil at or below the freezing point of water 0 °C (32 °F) for two or more years. - Permafrost Greenland is a territory of which country? - Denmark What was the Harbor that was bombed on December 7, 1941? - Pearl Harbor What island is New Zealand's capital located on? - North Island The _____ River is a major river in Asia which flows through Pakistan. It also has courses through western...

Civilization - correct answer An ambiguous term often used to denote more complex societies but sometimes used by anthropologists to describe any group of people sharing a set of cultural traits. Foragers - correct answer People who support themselves by hunting wild animals and gathering wild edible plants and insects. Cuneiform - correct answer A system of writing in which wedge-shaped symbols represented words or syllables. It originated in Mesopotamia and was used initially for Sumeria...

Paleolithic and Neolithic Periods correct answers Hunter-gatherer and agricultural revolution Mesopotamia (c. 3500-c. 2350 BCE) correct answers Formed at the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers - Invented writing, military expertise, city-states, Code of Hammurabi. Sumer constructed dikes and reservoirs. Invention of writing in 3500 BCE marks the beginning of civilization. Iraq Shatt Al - Arab - largest Date Palm forest Ancient Egypt (c. 2711-c. 1090 BCE) correct answers Influence of geography, h...

Quiz 1 (chapters 1-3) All Answers Correct 2 important sources of life for Egyptians was: 3 types of religious structures: -the stupa -the rock chamber 4 important deities: 2. Enlil 3. Enki 4. ninhursaga 4 major social group 1. an -the pillar the nile river and pharaoh 1. elites-included royal and priestly officials and their families 2. dependent commoners-elite clients 3. free commoners-farmers, merchants, fishers, scribes, and crafts people 4. slaves a characterist...

History of CIV 1, Chapter 3 Study Guide Exam Questions. d - CORRECT ANSWER The earliest Indian civilization developed along what river? A)Nile B)Euphrates C)Ganges D)Indus a - CORRECT ANSWER In terms of India's geography, what regions have been home to its great empires? A)Fertile plains in the river valleys B)Forests at the foot of the Himalayas C)Deserts of the Rajasthan regions D)Jungles of the Vindhya Mountains d - CORRECT ANSWER What was one of the first crops to be de...

ABCTE Elementary Education World History Questions And Verified Answers Who were the Civilized Ancients? - ANSWER *relied on fertile climate of river valleys * development of farming in 8500 BC made it possible to settle Egypt Settled By - ANSWER Nile Mesopotamia Settled By - ANSWER Tigris and Euphrates India Settled By - ANSWER The Indus China Settled By - ANSWER Yellow Rivers Much of what we know today as basic tenets of civilization started with the ... - ANSWER Mesopotamians ...

AP World History Vocabulary Updated Questions & Answers (Solved) 1. Paleolithic Answer: Old Stone Age, a long period of human development before the development of agriculture. 2. Pastoral Society Answer:social system in which the breeding and herding of domesticanimals is a major form of production for good and other purposes 3. Neolithic Answer: late phase of Stone Age, advanced stone tools used 4. Bantu Migrations Answer: series of migrations of the Bantu people from the Congo a...