Write true or false

1. The rivers helped in transporting goods and people to different places.
2. The Mahajanapadas developed in the Bronze Age.
3. Iron tools and weapons helped man to clear dense forests.
4. Aryans at first settled in the region of the five rivers.
5. The Painted Grey Ware pottery belonged to the Neolithic Age.

Fill in the blanks.

1. The river valley civilizations developed in the ____________.
2. The original homeland of the Aryans was in _____________.
3. The Vedic Age is divided into ____________ and ___________.
4. Rig Veda was composed during the ______________.
5. _____________ mahajanapadas developed in the sixth century BCE.

Why did the earliest civilizations develop along river banks?

How did the use of iron help in the growth of civilizations?

Describe the Early Vedic Age and the Later Vedic Age.