Monsoons in South Asia (Lesson 3)

About 1/3 of Kolkata's twelve million people live in what?

• boat houses

• houses

• apartments

• slums

From June to September how much rain falls on average in Kolkata?

• 10 inches

• 25 inches

• 50 inches

• 80 inches

What floods easily in Kolkata?

• old canals

• houses on stilts

• mansions on hills

• the ocean:)

Besides flooding what happens to the old canals in Kolkata when it rains too much?

• people swim in them

• garbage clogs them

• people ride jetskis on them

• people plant rice in them

What is one thing Kolkata doing to ease flooding?

• rebuilding city's old canals

• sewer lines are being repaired

• keeping river clear of debris

• all of the above

Pune, India's climate is mostly what year-round?

• cold

• dry

• wet

• pleasant

Pune is located in a what?

• island

• cave

• rain shadow

• wind shadow

What crop do farmers in Pune grow?

• rice

• sugarcane

• wheat

• strawberries

What has Pune tried to increase rain fall?

• cloud seeding

• cloud creation

• wind shifting

• desalination

Why is Social Studies amazing?

• its interesting

• its fun

• its cool

• all of the above