| A | B |
|---|
| The source of the Indus River | the Himalayas |
| The Indus River flows through these three countries | India, China, Pakistan |
| For this reason the Indus is like the Nile, Tigris and Euphrates | makes farming possible in a harsh environment |
| The world's tallest mountain | Everest |
| A large land mass separate from the rest of a continent | subcontinent |
| The mouth of the Indus River | at the Arabian Sea |
| These were built to protect crops from flood waters | dirt walls |
| One reason that little if known about the ancient Indus civilization | No one can read the ancient writing |
| Archaeologists have found these two ancient cities | Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro |
| An ancient Indian language brought by the Aryans | Sanskrit |
| A fort | citadel |
| A grain warehouse tells us that | ancient farmers grew surplus crops of wheat and barley |
| These are evidence of a strong government | water wells, sewer system, bricks of a uniform size |
| These ancient people may have been first to | weave cotton cloth |
| Finding items from Mesopotamia tells us that | ancient Indian people traded extensively |
| Sailors used these as compasses | birds |
| Another mystery of these two ancient cities is | they were abandoned for unknown reasons |
| These nomads migrated from central Asia | Aryans |
| Mohenjo-Daro and Harappa may have been abandoned because of | earthquakes |
