South Asia Section 1-2 review

What is the giant mountain range in South Asia?

• Himalayas

• Alps

• Atlas

• Taurus

What is the main river that flows through Pakistan?

• Ganges

• Krishna

• Indus

• Yangtze

What is the holiest river in Hinduism and the most populated area of India today?

• Indus

• Krishna

• Yangtze

• Ganges

The area of the Indian Ocean that the Ganges river flows into?

• Arabian Sea

• Maldives Sea

• Bay of Bengal

• Bay of Goa

What is an Atoll?

• An island created by a coral reef.

• The mouth of a river.

• An avalanche in the Himalayas.

• Land created by a large storm.

Most of India is what kind of climate?

• Temperate

• Tropical

• Arctic

• Desert

The first civilization in the Indian sub-continent is called _______________________?

• Aryan

• Harrapan

• Sumerian

• Indian

How long ago was the Harrapan civilization discovered in the Indus River valley?

• 20 years

• 300 years

• 100 years

• 50 years

Why don't we know that much about the Harrapan civiliztion?

• They were only discovered a few years ago.

• They only lasted for a few hundred years.

• They weren't that interesting.

• They have a language that we can't read.

They Aryans are thought to invade India around 1500 BCE. What did they bring into India?

• Sanskrit

• Fleas

• Christianity

• Islam