Indian Geography

What physical feature is North of India and separates it from Nepal and China?

• Himalaya Mountains

• Eastern Ghats Mountains

• Thar Desert

• Bay of Bengal

Why did people settle in the Indus River Valley?

• to escape the Aryans
• irrigation, transportation, trade, communication
• to see beautiful mountains
• the Brahman told them to

What are the two major rivers of Ancient India?

• Tigris & Euphrates
• Nile & Blue Nile
• Indus & Ganges
• Huang He & Yangtze

Why were the Indians dependent on the summer monsoons?

• They brought rain & without them there would be drought
• The cold winds felt god in the summertime
• Without them, they could't travel down the river
• Monsoons encouraged animal migration

Which word best describes a large land mass that is smaller than a continent?

• country
• subcontineent
• state
• region

Both Harappa and Mohenjo Daro were well planned cities. What inference can you make about the people who lived in the Indus Valley?

• They all wanted the cities to be identical
• They had difficulity completing task
•  They were intelligent and talented
• They knew how to deal with monsoons.

Where did all of these civilizations develop?
● Mesopotamia
● Egypt
● China
● India

• in river valleys
• in the mountian range
• in the coastal region 
• in the rain forest region

The Himalayan Mountains acted as a barrier for India. How did this impact the people in India?

• Helped protect them from invasions but also separated them from the outside world.
• Helped improve communication and spread new ideas with Asia and Europe
• Helped build relationships with the government and military.
• Helped make traveling easier to trade with the rest of Asia.

India's farmers are able to plant crops twice a year because of 

• seeds
• rivers
• dams and irrigation
• tractors

A large landmass that is part of another continent but distinct from it

• island
• escarpment
• isthmus
• subcontinent