India Geography Sec 1 & 2

When rivers flood, they deposit soil onto _______ that become rich farmlands.

• alluvial plains

• atoll

• archipelago

• highlands

The _________ help form a barrier that separates South Asia from the rest of Asia.

• Indo-Gangetic Plain

• Himalayas

• Western Ghats

• Eastern Ghats

A(n) _________ is a landmass like a continent, having distinct geological, geographical, & political features, only smaller.

• atoll

• peninsula

• subcontinent

• tectonic plate

A(n) _________ is an island formed from a peak of a submerged volcano.

• archipelago

• atoll

• alluvial plane

• lava flow

A(n) __________ is the term used to describe a group of islands. (a chain of islands)

• archipelago

• atoll

• alluvial plains

• subcontinent

How do rivers in South Asia help sustain life in this subcontinent?

• provide irrigation water for farming

• fishing

• transportation & hydroelectric power

• all of the above

The world's tallest mountain.

• K2

• Denali

• Mt Himalaya

• Mt Everest

The _______ Mountains lay at the western end of Himalayan Mountain chain and form a border between Afghanistan and Pakistan.

• Western Ghat

• Eastern Ghat

• Hindu Kush

• Vindhya

The Western Ghats & Eastern Ghats Mt ranges flank the _____________.

• Thar Desert

• Deccan Plateau

• Bangladesh Rainforest

• Indo-Gangetic Plain

The Indo-Gangetic Plain stretches from Pakistan in the west to the Bangladesh floodplains of the Ganges & Brahmaputra rivers.

• true

• false