Ancient India Vocabulary (Indus Valley Civilization)

Here is the vocabulary you need to know for this week's Social Studies Quiz!

Ancient India (Section 1)

Himalayas:​ Tallest mountain range in the world. It separates India from Asia, making India a subcontinent.

Hindu-Kush: Range of mountains in India.

Ganges​ ​River:​ ​A river that is fed by snow melts from the Himalayas and runs south into the
fertile valleys of India and empties into the Bay of Bengal in the Indian Ocean.

Indus​ ​River:​ ​A river that is fed by snow melts from the Himalayas and runs into the fertile
valleys of India and empties into the Arabian Sea.

Harappa​ ​and​ ​Mohenjo-Daro:​ Major ancient cities that archaeologists study to learn about
India's ancient civilization in the Indus River Valley.

Subcontinent:​ ​A large piece of a continent that is separated by a large mountain range. It may
have been its own continent in prehistoric times.

Monsoon:​ ​A strong wind that blows in one direction in winter and another direction in the summer. The winter brings the cold dry air of the mountains and the summer brings warm wet air from the Arabian Sea which produces drenching rain.