The Indus Valley Civilization — Practice · Grade 6 Social Studies

Chapter: River Civilizations of the Eastern Hemisphere

What this practice covers

By the end of The Indus Valley Civilization you should be able to:

10 questions, written answer, each with a worked explanation.

Vocabulary used: Indus Valley civilization, Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro, urban planning, grid, archaeologist.

Problem 1

Locate the Indus civilization. Does one excavated city represent every settlement?
Answer and explanation

No. Compare the region’s different sites and periods.

No. Compare the region’s different sites and periods.

Response criteria

  • Answer the actual question with accurate details.
  • Explain how the evidence or language choice supports the conclusion.
  • State a relevant limit, alternative or justified revision.

Problem 2

Use urban evidence. What can standardized weights suggest without proving a monarchy?
Answer and explanation

Coordination or exchange standards, with political structure still an open evidence question.

Coordination or exchange standards, with political structure still an open evidence question.

Response criteria

  • Answer the actual question with accurate details.
  • Explain how the evidence or language choice supports the conclusion.
  • State a relevant limit, alternative or justified revision.

Problem 3

Respect the script’s limits. Can an unread seal establish an exact royal name?
Answer and explanation

Not securely without a justified decipherment or corroborating evidence.

Not securely without a justified decipherment or corroborating evidence.

Response criteria

  • Answer the actual question with accurate details.
  • Explain how the evidence or language choice supports the conclusion.
  • State a relevant limit, alternative or justified revision.

Problem 4

Explain change through multiple causes. Did changed cities necessarily mean every person vanished?
Answer and explanation

No. People and practices can continue or move while urban systems change.

No. People and practices can continue or move while urban systems change.

Response criteria

  • Answer the actual question with accurate details.
  • Explain how the evidence or language choice supports the conclusion.
  • State a relevant limit, alternative or justified revision.

Problem 5

Write a supported inference about coordination and one political/religious claim the evidence cannot settle.
Answer and explanation

Shared weights and infrastructure can support coordination and exchange. They do not identify a named ruler or exact doctrine; the seal’s unread signs cannot supply those words.

Shared weights and infrastructure can support coordination and exchange. They do not identify a named ruler or exact doctrine; the seal’s unread signs cannot supply those words.

Response criteria

  • Answer the actual question with accurate details.
  • Explain how the evidence or language choice supports the conclusion.
  • State a relevant limit, alternative or justified revision.

Problem 6

Write a three-sentence museum or atlas label explaining this case. Include what is directly supported, one inference and one limit.
Answer and explanation

Shared weights and infrastructure can support coordination and exchange. They do not identify a named ruler or exact doctrine; the seal’s unread signs cannot supply those words. The label must identify its evidence and avoid turning a model into an authentic artifact.

Shared weights and infrastructure can support coordination and exchange. They do not identify a named ruler or exact doctrine; the seal’s unread signs cannot supply those words. The label must identify its evidence and avoid turning a model into an authentic artifact.

Response criteria

  • Answer the actual question with accurate details.
  • Explain how the evidence or language choice supports the conclusion.
  • State a relevant limit, alternative or justified revision.

Problem 7

A writer claims the supplied case proves the same thing happened everywhere in the Eastern Hemisphere. Repair the scope and identify a useful next comparison.
Answer and explanation

Shared weights and infrastructure can support coordination and exchange. They do not identify a named ruler or exact doctrine; the seal’s unread signs cannot supply those words. Limit the conclusion to the named evidence; compare a different dated setting using the same categories before widening it.

Shared weights and infrastructure can support coordination and exchange. They do not identify a named ruler or exact doctrine; the seal’s unread signs cannot supply those words. Limit the conclusion to the named evidence; compare a different dated setting using the same categories before widening it.

Response criteria

  • Answer the actual question with accurate details.
  • Explain how the evidence or language choice supports the conclusion.
  • State a relevant limit, alternative or justified revision.

Problem 8

Which source or observation would most improve this explanation? Explain the information it could add and a limitation it would still have.
Answer and explanation

Coordination or exchange standards, with political structure still an open evidence question. A useful new source addresses the missing information directly. Explain its provenance, access or scale; do not assume a second source answers every question.

Coordination or exchange standards, with political structure still an open evidence question. A useful new source addresses the missing information directly. Explain its provenance, access or scale; do not assume a second source answers every question.

Response criteria

  • Answer the actual question with accurate details.
  • Explain how the evidence or language choice supports the conclusion.
  • State a relevant limit, alternative or justified revision.

Problem 9

Using the assigned chapter reader, connect this topic to another named society or period. Give one similarity and one difference using matched categories.
Answer and explanation

Use two specifically located details from the chapter reader and distinguish period, source purpose and scale. No. People and practices can continue or move while urban systems change.

Use two specifically located details from the chapter reader and distinguish period, source purpose and scale. No. People and practices can continue or move while urban systems change.

Response criteria

  • Answer the actual question with accurate details.
  • Explain how the evidence or language choice supports the conclusion.
  • State a relevant limit, alternative or justified revision.

Problem 10

Revise your response to the whole-unit case after checking the fourth teaching part. State exactly what you changed and why.
Answer and explanation

Shared weights and infrastructure can support coordination and exchange. They do not identify a named ruler or exact doctrine; the seal’s unread signs cannot supply those words. The revision note must quote or reproduce the changed claim and explain its improved accuracy.

Shared weights and infrastructure can support coordination and exchange. They do not identify a named ruler or exact doctrine; the seal’s unread signs cannot supply those words. The revision note must quote or reproduce the changed claim and explain its improved accuracy.

Response criteria

  • Answer the actual question with accurate details.
  • Explain how the evidence or language choice supports the conclusion.
  • State a relevant limit, alternative or justified revision.

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