Starter quiz
- The region between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers was known as…
- Egypt
- India
- Mesopotamia ✓
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- Which of the following is the correct definition for ‘civilisation’?
- extra or more than is needed
- when humans live together in large groups in a very organised way ✓
- people buying or selling items they need or want
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- A type of ancient ______ invented in Sumer was called cuneiform.
- song
- game
- writing ✓
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- The areas around the Tigris and the Euphrates rivers were bad for growing crops.
- True
- False ✓
- Select all the similarities between the ancient civilisations of the Egyptians, Sumerians and the Indus Valley.
- They built cities. ✓
- They moved around and did not settle in one place.
- They had forms of writing. ✓
- They worshipped gods and goddesses. ✓
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- The ancient civilisations of the Egyptians, Sumerians and the Indus Valley existed around ______ years ago.
- 5000 ✓
- 1000
- 500
- 100
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Exit quiz
- The ______ River begins in the Himalayan mountains and ends in the Arabian Sea.
- 'Indus ' ✓
- Match the word to the correct definition.
- valley⇔a flat area of land where a river flows between hills or mountains ✓
- fertile⇔soil that is very good for growing lots of healthy plants ✓
- India⇔a country in Asia, surrounded on three sides by the Indian Ocean ✓
- Pakistan⇔a country in southern Asia that shares a border with India ✓
- The first evidence from the Indus Valley civilisation was found at…
- Babylon
- Harappa ✓
- Ur
- Cairo
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- The land surrounding the River Indus is very…
- 'fertile' ✓
- In the Indus Valley around 8000 years ago, historians think that people started to….
- 'farm' ✓
- The Indus Valley civilisation probably started around ______ years ago.
- 5
- 50
- 500
- 5000 ✓
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Key learning points
- In 1921 an archaeological dig began at a place called Harappa on the banks of the River Indus.
- As the archaeologists excavated they began to find evidence of an ancient civilisation in the Indus Valley.
- The Indus is a powerful river that flows through India and Pakistan.
- Just like the Nile, the Euphrates and the Tigris, the Indus floods, making the land around it very fertile.
- About 8,000 years ago the people of the Indus Valley began to farm this land, and got better and better at it.
Common misconception
That the civilisation in the Indus Valley began 8000 years ago.
Archaeologists believe farming in the valley began around 8000 years ago but the evidence for the cities and civilisation dates from around 5000 years ago.
Keywords
India - India is a country in southern Asia, surrounded on three sides by the Indian Ocean
Pakistan - Pakistan is a country in southern Asia that shares a border with India
Valley - a valley is a flat area of land where a river flows between hills or mountains
Fertile - soil is fertile when it is very good for growing lots of healthy plants
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