I.Choose the correct answer:
1. Which of thesehelp you to know about Indus valley Civilization?
Archaeological evidence
2. Mohenjo – daromeans
Mound of Dead
3. Port Lothal ofthe Copper Stone age is in
Gujarat
4. Harappencivilization was
Civilization of Town
5. The unknown toIndus Valley people
Iron
6. Harappa insindhi means
Buried city
II.Fill in the blanks:
1. The main God ofthe Harappa was———
Lord Shiva
2. The Excavationof the Indus Valley Civilization was done in ——-
1921
3. The Great Bathis situated at
Mohenjo – Daro
4. ————-wasthe writing used by Indus Valley people
Pictographic
III.Match the following:
1. Great bath – Mohenjo – daro
2. Excavation – 1921
3. Wheel – pots
4. Terracotta – Burnt city
5. Punjab – Ravi
IV.Answer the following:
1. List theoccupation of Harappans.
· In the Indus Valleythere were agriculturist, artisans, traders, weavers, potters and blacksmiths.
· Agriculture wastheir maim occupation.
· They cultivatedwheat and barley.
2. Write about theGreat Bath.
· The most importantstructure found in the citadel was the Great Bath.
· It was built ofkiln-fired bricks and sealed with a lining of bitumen.
· There were steps onboth the sides of the pool.
· There were rooms onall the side of the pool for changing clothes.
· It was fed by waterfrom a well and the dirty water was emptied by a huge drain.
3. What are thecauses for the decline of the Indus Valley Civilization?
Causes for thedecline of the towns:
· Wooden articleswould have got destroyed by fire.
· Rivalry because ofthe civil war.
· Natural calamitiesand the change in the course of River Indus would have buried things.
· The Aryans wouldhave destroyed these towns in order to succeed.
· The invasion of theforeigners.
4. Explain thewriting of the Indus Valley people.
· The terracottaplanks discovered here were engraved with letters.
· They werepictographic writing.
· Each page waswritten from right to left and left to right.· These writing are related to ancient Tamil writing.