Ch. 6 Ancient India
Lesson1 Early Civilizations pgs. 140-148
Topic / Early CivilizationsEssential Question / How does Geography influence the way people live?
Part 1 / The geography of India
Key terms
A subcontinent is ______
Monsoons are ______
Identify the Indus river valley and the Ganges river. X ______Z ______
Part 2 / The Indus River Valley Civilization
1. What modern day country was once home to the Indus River Valley Civilization?
______
2. What crops where grown in this region? ______
3. What allows people to focus on different jobs? ______
4. What leads to the development of cities? ______
5. Identify the two major cities of the Indus Valley ______
Facts about Harrapa and Mohenjo-Daro
List several facts about these two cities (pgs. 143-144)
Time period they flourished
______
Size of cities in terms of population ______
· What was life like in these towns? ______
Topic / Aryan Migrations and settlements
Essential Question / How did the Aryans influence early India?
Part 1 / Key terms
1. raja:______
2. Sanskrit:______
3. Vedas: ______
4. Varnas: ______
5. Caste: ______
Part 2 / Where did the Aryans migrate from and where did they settle in India? Fill in the blanks
Sometime around ______the people of the ______abandoned the cities. Archaeologists suggest that it could have been drought, outside invasion or devastating ______that led to their disappearance.
Meanwhile, a different people called the ______migrated to India around 2000BC. The Aryans are not considered a race of people but rather a group of people from a larger language family known as ______.
According to the map on page 145 the Aryans most likely entered the Indian subcontinent by traveling through the ______. Once arriving they settled by the ______river.
Unlike the Indus valley people, the Aryans were ______in nature, traveling from place to place. They were considered expert ______, ______, as well as ______.
From c.1500BC to 1000BC the Aryan culture mixed with the______people. Eventually they settled down and began to ______. Most Aryans lived in small tribes led by a ______. At first, they had no written language but over time they developed a system of writing known as ______. Songs, stories, poems, and even prayers make up the most sacred Sanskrit text called the ______.