India geography and early cities

Which mountain range is the highest in the world?

• Western Ghats

• Hindu Kush

• Eastern Ghats

• Himalayas

The Indus River flows to the

• Bay of Bengal

• Arabian Sea

• Nile River

• Ganges River

During the summer in India, the monsoon brings

• unbearable heat.

• pleasant mornings.

• heavy rain.

• dust storms.

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

• Himalaya Mountains

• Eastern Ghats Mountains

• Thar Desert

• Bay of Bengal

What are the two major rivers of Ancient India?

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

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

Both Harappa and Mohenjo Daro were well planned cities in the Indus River Valley. 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.

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.

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

• island
• escarpment
• isthmus
• subcontinent

Monsoon refers to

• a seasonal storm that wreaks havoc on the coastal lands of East Asia.

• severe drought caused by no wind at all for a period of time

• torrential rains that bring devastating floods to a region

• seasonal winds that bring moist or dry air to a region