Gr8 CH 4 Sec1 Text Questions1-20

Grade 8 Chapter 4 Section 1Please open your text books to pages 90 and 91 to answer the following questions.Use the timeline to answer the following questions:1, When did the Indus valley civilization develop?2, How long after Hammurabi became king of Babylon did the Shang Dynasty Begin?3, What happened about the same time that Hatshepsut became pharaoh in Egypt?4, What happened in about 483 BC?TURN TO PAGE 92 OF YOUR TEXT BOOK TO ANSWER QUESTIONS 5 & 6.5, What geographic features may have allowed civilizations to develop in Ancient India and China?6, What geographic features do you think could have influenced the development of the Indus and Huang He civilizations?TURN TO PAGE 94 OF YOUR TEXT BOOK TO ANSWER QUESTIONS 7, 8, 9, & 10.7, How did India’s geography affect the development of civilization there?8, What are the three geographic zones of India?9, How did monsoons help the people of early India?10, If you were a farmer in ancient India, when would you expect heavy rains to come?TURN TO PAGE 94 and 95 OF YOUR TEXT BOOK TO ANSWER QUEASTIONS 11, 12, 13, and 14.11, What were the defining features of the Indus Valley Civilization?12, What was the basic plans of an Indus settlement?13, What items did Indus craftsmen make?14, Do you think the Indus society was a single society or a collection of independent city-states?TURN TO PAGE 96 and 97 OF YOUR TEXT BOOK TO ANSWER QUEASTIONS 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, and 20.15, What do you know about life in India’s Vedic period?16, Who ruled much of India during the Vedic period?17, Why do you think villages banded together under rajas?18, Where do you think the Aryans were from? Why?19, How did the caste system affect everyday life in India?20, What was Vedic religion like?