1. MAPPING THE HARAPPAN CIVILIZATION

2. I can locate and describe the major river system and discuss the physical setting that supported the rise of this civilization.

3. What type of map do you see here? What do the different colors represent?

4. MEHRGARH Highlight the village of Mehrgarh in GREEN

5. THE HIMALAYAS Underline the Himalayas and Mt. Everest in BROWN. (Look southeast of Nepal. They run northwest)

6. THE INDUS RIVER Find the headwaters of the Indus River Trace the Indus River from the headwaters in the Himalayas to the Arabian Sea. Use BLUE!

7. THE FOUR TRIBUTARIES Trace the four tributaries that feed the Indus River in BLUE. Indus Jhelum Chenab Ravi

8. HARAPPA Draw a dotted line from Mehrgarh to Harappa in GREEN. Under Harappa write “palace” in pencil.

9. MOHENJO DARO Draw a dotted line from Mehrgarh to Mohenjo Daro in GREEN. Under Mohenjo Daro write “Great Bath”

10. SEAPORTS Highlight the following seaports in bright YELLOW! Sutkagen Dor Allahdino Amri

11. THE SARASVATI RIVER Yamuna River – Put RED dots on these places – The headwaters of the Yamuna River, Kunal, Banawali, Kalibangan, Ganweriwala. Connect the dots with a RED line. Sutlej River – Put dots on these places – The headwaters of the Sutlej River, the word “Sutlej River” and Ganweriwala. Connect the dots with a RED line. Sarasvati River – Draw a RED line from Ganweriwala to Dholavira.

13. RAKHIGARHI Draw a RED line from Rakhigarhi to Banawali. This was a small river that led to the Yamuna River Find: Kunal Banawali Kalibangan

14. GANWERIWALA Color the copper-mining region ORANGE!

15. DHOLAVIRA Highlight the city in bright YELLOW. It was a seaport. Under Dholavira, write “Grave”

16. LOTHAL Highlight the city in bright YELLOW. It was a seaport. Under Lothal, write “Dock” Highlight the Gulf of Cambay in YELLOW. Highlight the Gulf of Kutch in YELLOW.

17. WHY DID THE HARAPPANS ABANDON THEIR CITY? Draw a RED zigzag line from the Headwaters of the Indus River to Dholavira. Put a RED X on Mohenjo Daro and Harappa. Trace the routes of two rivers, Yamuna and Sutlej, in BLUE. Halfway between Ganweriwala and Dholavira, write : THAR DESERT.