Ok this is worth 6 points on the quiz plz help 1. Which descriptions are features of ancient Indus cities?

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A. one-story wooden houses

B. a standardized system of weights and measures

C. city blocks laid out in a grid pattern

2. Which descriptions are features of ancient Indus cities?

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A. a large, central building that stored grain

B. a sanitation system

C. huge structures that served as temples

3. What do archaeologists believe was the function of signature seals?

A. They were payment for sending clay tablets to distant villages.

B. Tax officials used them as receipts for payment of taxes.

C. They served as the centerpiece of ornamental clay platters.

D. They indicated ownership of bags of grain or cotton.

4. Which of the following correctly summarizes the work of archaeologists in the Indus Valley?

A. Eighteenth-century archaeologists deciphered the writing of the Indus Valley civilization.

B. Twentieth-century archaeologists unearthed many artifacts near the Indus River.

C. Continual work over many centuries in Indus Valley ruins yielded clues to the civilization.

D. Recent digs uncovered huge temples and scrolls.

5. Why do we not have more information about the Indus Valley civilization?

A. Only one ancient city in the Indus Valley has been discovered and explored.

B. Most archaeologists and historians prefer to work on the Mesopotamian and Egyptian civilizations.

C. The ancient peoples of the Indus Valley purposely obscured evidence of their existence.

D. Archaeologists and historians have been unable to decipher any of the Indus Valley writing.

6. Which statements correctly identify a current theory on why the Indus Valley civilization declined?

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A. Indus Valley populations migrated to Central Asia and Africa.

B. The surrounding land was severely deforested.

C. Disease reduced the population.

D. Foreign conquerors forced the people to leave.

E. Irrigation made the soil salty and unfit for farming.