| A | B |
|---|
| Himalayas | Highest mountain range in the world |
| subcontinent | Large land mass that juts out of a continent |
| geography of India | mountains and bodies of water made communication with other civilizations difficult |
| monsoons | Strong winds that blow across the region at certain times of the year |
| Mysterious decline of Mohenjo-Daro | Farmers abandon land due to changes and invades from the North entered and took over the weak |
| Aryan | name for invaders who conquered people of Mohenjo-Daro |
| Hindu-Kush | served as a highway for invaders |
| Mohenjo-Daro | city that developed due to surplus of wheat and grains |
| Cities | set up in a grid patter. busy and clean. wealthy families |
| citadel | fortess - a group of public buildings enclosed by a high brick wall |
| veda | religious books. most of what we have leared about Arayan life comes from these. |
| caste | social classes. born into and married within these groups. |
