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Due to its large size and its position in relation to large masses of land and water, India is called?

A subcontinent

During the summer months in India, the monsoon brings?

Heavy rain

How has the location of the Himalaya Mountains benefited India?

protection from enemies

A traveler in the Thar Desert would be likely to see many?
sand dunes
What continent is India on?

Asia

How did modern scholars learn that Mohenjodaro had ever existed?

Archaeologists found its ruins

What do-Invaders, Floods, and Earthquakes-show about the civilization that included Mohenjodaro?

theories for why it disappeared

The discovery of a scale, stone weights, and a marked rod suggests that the people of Mohenjodaro?

had uniform ways to measure.

Homes in Mohenjodaro had from one to a dozen rooms. What does this suggest about the city?

Some people were wealthier than others

In the caste system, how were people in India placed into a certain social class?

by birth

Why did the Untouchables live in separate communities?

they were considered unclean

Which of these sentences is true of most Hindu temples?

they contain elaborate sculptures

The festival of Divali, which begins the Hindu New Year, celebrates what?

The victory of good over evil

Which animal became a symbol for the Hindu belief in reverence for life?

the cow

How was the Hindu belief about karma related to the caste system?

People are in a caste because of how they lived in past lives

The name "Buddha" meant one who was what?

awakened

What beliefs did Hinduism and Buddhism have in common?

enlightenment

What role did geography play in ancient India?

They had to live in extremes.

What did the artifacts tell us about Mohenjodaro?

they tell us how they lived, how the dressed, how they spoke, how they wrote, and what their beliefs were.

If you were to leave artifacts for someone to find 1,000 years from now, what would they be and why? What does that say about our society?

I would leave newspapers and some everyday clothing, also some movies maybe that were created. This shows how are society lives and what are technology was.

How does culture affect an individual?

It affects us by how we look at ourselves and how we might live our lives.