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Grade 8 · Social Studies · Unit 10 of 28

The Indus Valley

Planned cities and a script still unread

What your child practises

Children learn about Harappa and Mohenjo-daro, how the Indus cities were planned, their trade, and what archaeologists can and cannot tell us.

Manitoba Curriculum learning outcome: 8-KI-013, 8-KI-014, 8-KL-023, 8-KL-024, 8-KH-029, 8-KH-030, 8-KP-045, 8-KE-054 · life, architecture, geography, writing, governance and technology in the Indus Valley

Sample questions

A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.

  1. Question 1

    The Indus cities were built about…

    • 4,500 to 5,000 years ago
    • 500 years ago
    • 100 years ago
    • 2,000 years ago

  2. Question 2

    Why do we know less about Indus government than about Egypt's?

    • they did not exist
    • their writing has not been deciphered
    • they only lived in tents
    • they had no cities

  3. Question 3

    Small carved stones used to mark goods and trade are called…

    • scrolls
    • mosaics
    • seals
    • coins

  4. Question 4

    Indus cities were famous for…

    • ziggurats
    • drains and sewers
    • aqueducts to Rome
    • pyramids

  5. Question 5

    Indus farmers grew crops such as…

    • corn only
    • potatoes only
    • tea only
    • wheat, barley and cotton

  6. Question 6

    Which is an advantage of a river valley for a civilization?

    • poor soil
    • rich soil and water for farming
    • no way to travel
    • no water

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