The Indus River Valley Civilization

3. Indus people worshipped a male god, whom some scholars connect to the Hindu God ______________ in a meditating posture.
5. The reason Indus civilization collapsed is ______________ by scholars and archaeologists.
6. Indus vessels reached the cities of ______________ by sailing up the Persian Gulf.
8. The lower Indus became subject to severe ______________, which destroyed towns and cities
12. Each capital city was dominated by a massive hilltop structure whose exact purpose is ______________.
14. The twin capitals had huge ______________ to store grain.
16. Most Indus Valley people worked as ______________.
18. The capital cities were laid out in a ______________ pattern.
20. Indus cities were carefully laid out showing that city planners were skilled in ______________ and surveying.

1. Archaeologists rediscovered Indus cities in the ______________.
2. Indus civilization may have been undermined by ______________ factors.
4. These two cities were the twin capitals of the Indus civilization. They were called Harappa and ______________.
7. Indus houses had indoor ______________ systems that drained into sewers beneath the streets.
9. Some Indus religious images show features that are present in modern ______________.
10. The Indus Valley people cultivated ______________ and wove its fibers into cloth.
11. The first civilization in the Indian subcontinent emerged in present-day ______________ and India.
13. The Indus Valley or ______________civilization covered the largest area of any civilization until the rise of Persia more than 1,000 years later.
15. By about 1750 BCE, the quality of life in the Indus Valley was ______________.
17. Indus houses were made of baked ______________ bricks.
19. Some scholars, though, argue that features of Indus culture survived the end of this civilization to become part of the ______________ civilization that followed.