Starter quiz
- In 1922, archaeologists began to dig at ______, a place in the Indus River Valley.
- Babylon
- Mohenjo-Daro ✓
- Harappa
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- What was the city of Mohenjo-Daro built with?
- rocks
- bronze
- clay bricks ✓
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- A ______ is a decorated object that leaves a stamp of its design when pushed into a soft material like wet clay.
- 'seal' ✓
- Select two things that are found on the Indus Valley civilisation seals.
- an image of an animal ✓
- some numbers
- some writing ✓
- an image of a house
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- Which two objects probably tell us that the Indus Valley people liked music?
- clay seal stamps
- small clay animals
- small clay statues of dancers ✓
- clay whistles ✓
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- Historians always know exactly what discovered items were used for in the past.
- True
- False ✓
Exit quiz
- How many towns and cities were in the Indus Valley civilisation?
- less than 5
- around 100
- more than 1000 ✓
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- Over time, the farmers got ______ at farming in the Indus Valley.
- 'better' ✓
- Match the job to the description.
- merchant⇔someone who buys and sells things ✓
- artisan⇔someone very skilled at making things ✓
- farmer⇔someone who works in the fields to grow food ✓
- Indus Valley cities were well planned and well built.
- True ✓
- False
- Select all the things that made the Indus Valley cities cleaner.
- wells ✓
- toilets ✓
- drains ✓
- clay seals
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- Where were the ruins of 'The Great Bath’ found?
- Babylon
- Cairo
- Harappa
- Mohenjo-Daro ✓
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Key learning points
- The objects found at Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro were found in the remains of great cities built out of clay bricks.
- As the people of the Indus Valley grew better at farming, they could grow more food and some people could do other jobs.
- People like merchants and artisans lived in these cities, which were carefully planned and laid out.
- Public baths have been found at Mohenjo-Daro and even bathrooms and toilets in people's houses in Lothal.
- All over these cities were wells for fresh water along with channels and drains to carry away sewage.
Common misconception
That only farmers lived in the cities.
Evidence has been found suggesting lots of different skilled individuals lived and worked in the cities of the Indus Valley.
Keywords
Merchant - someone who buys and sells things is called a merchant
Artisan - an artisan is someone very skilled at making things
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