What Are Some of the Notable Aspects of the Ancient

question 27

Multiple Choice

What are some of the notable aspects of the ancient cities of Mohenjo-Daro and Harappa?

• A)They had a population of up to 100,000 people by some estimates.
• B)They used fired bricks in some of their construction.
• C)They probably had a theocracy as their government.
• D)They were built of a very similar style, indicating the cities were part of the same Indus River Valley civilization.
• E)All of the options are correct.

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Definitions:

Supercontinent

A massive landmass consisting of all, or nearly all, of the Earth's continents merged together, which has formed and broken apart several times in Earth's history.

Rodinia

An inferred supercontinent, consisting of all the continents joined, that existed near the Precambrian-Paleozoic boundary.

Taconic Orogeny

An early Paleozoic orogeny that occurred in the northern Appalachians and is interpreted to represent a collision between an island arc and North America.

Acadian Orogeny

A middle Paleozoic mountain-building event in eastern North America; occurred when a series of landmasses, referred to as Avalonia, collided with the eastern coast of North America.