1. Ancient India Page 94-100

2.  Himalayas

3.  Is a large landmass that juts out from a continent.

4. Monsoons

5.  The people depend on the summer monsoon for life- giving rain.  Provides water for crops

6. Hindu Kush

7. IndusGanges

8.  Indus River Valley

9.  Mohenjo Daro

10.  The Indus River often floods during the Monsoon Season,so when they planned Mohenjo Daro they built it on high mounds of Earth.

11. SquaresStores Citadel

12.  They had a functional sewer system under the brick streets of the city that carried away household waste.

13. Pakistan

14.  Around that time Indus River Valley farmers began to abandon their land. It could have been famine, climate change, an earthquake, or was it invaders from the north.

15. Aryans “Noble”“Highborn” MigratedMoved Nomadic

16.  The People of the Indus River Valley were no match for the Aryan Warriors armed with bows, arrows, and axes; also their horse- drawn Chariots.

17. Ganges

18.  They learned to make tools and weapons out of IRON

19. Vedas

20.  1. Priest –religious traditions  2. Warriors – Fought  3. Ordinary people Worked

21.  Each Caste had a special job and duty to perform. People had to stay in the same caste system as their parents. It got more complicated as it grew and too many people were in the same caste.