HUMAN GEOGRAPHY INDIA

INDIA HUMAN
GEOGRAPHY

LEARNING TARGET

WHAT?: WE WILL DESCRIBE THE HUMAN GEOGRAPHY OF INDIA.

HOW?: COMPLETE THE LESSON SHEET AND EXIT TICKET.

WHY?: IT WILL HELP US TO UNDERSTAND THE MAJOR PARTS OF INDIAN
CULTURE AND HISTORY.

OLDEST CIVILIZATION IN INDIA.

RIVER VALLEY CIVILIZATION

AGRICULTURE

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​HARRAPAN CIVILIZATION

ARYAN INVASION- 1.) VEDAS 2.) HINDUISM. 3. ) CASTE SYSTEM

Multiple Choice

Which text tells us about the Aryans?

• The Bible

• The Torah

• The Vedas

• Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Multiple Choice

How could someone reach a higher caste?

• Good deeds

• Bad deeds

Multiple Choice

True or False: You can reach a higher caste during your lifetime

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

If someone's karma was bad what might happen?

• they could move up to a better caste

• they could be reincarnated as an insect!

MAURYAN AND GUPTA EMPIRES

ACHIEVEMENTS OF ANCIENT INDIA

TRIED TO OUTLAW WAR

TRIED TO OUTLAW CAPITAL PUNISHMENT

BUDDHISM

​​ASOKA-MAURYAN EMPIRE

Multiple Choice

__________________  was a strong ruler, the strongest of all the Mauryan emperors. 

• Siddhartha Gautama

• Asoka

• Candra Gupta II

• Hun

MUGHAL EMPIRE

Multiple Choice

The Mughals practiced what religion

• Hinduism

• Buddhism

• Islam

• Christianity

BRITISH RAJ 1763-1947

Multiple Choice

What language is spoken all over South Asia because a European power conquered the region?

• French

• Portuguese

• English

• Spanish

GHANDI NON-VIOLENCE AND INDEPENDENCE

Multiple Choice

With which statement would Gandhi most likely agree?

• Nonviolence can actually be more effective than physical fighting.

• In order to effectively change the government, fighting must occur.

• Hunger strikes do more harm than good.

• India will most likely never gain its independence.

INDIA- PRIMARILY HINDU

PAKISTAN- PRIMARILY MUSLIM

CONFLICT OVER KASHMIR

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PARTITION OF INDIA

Multiple Choice

What led to the conflict over Kashmir between India and Pakistan?

• The partition of 1947

• Indians wanting to Pakistanis to practice Christianity

• Pakistan attacking India over food and water resources

• The U.S. fighting the Taliban

BRITISH PARLIAMENTARY DEMOCRACY

NEHRU MODI- CURRENT PRIME MINISTER

SIKHS

TAMILS

HINDUS LIVING IN SRI LANKA WHO WANTED A HINDU HOMELAND.

LAND REFORM INDIA

GREEN REVOLUTION

INDUSTRY IN INDIA BANGALORE

ARRANGED MARRIAGES IN INDIA AND EXTENDED
FAMILY

No exact statistics are available, but according to U.S. News & World Report, approximately 95 percent of marriages in
India are arranged, and divorce is almost unheard of.

LANGUAGES 70 PLUS HINDI AND ENGLISH

RELIGIONS OF INDIA

Multiple Choice

WHAT RIVER IS SACRED TO HINDUS?

• INDUS

• BRAHMAPUTRA

• GANGES

• TIGRIS

Multiple Choice

religion founded by Siddhartha Gautama; main belief: inner peace comes from ending desire

• Buddhism

• Hinduism

• Jainism