Unit 9 South Asia

The Himalayan Mountains were formed by a ​ (a)   boundary. The subcontinent of ​ (b)   slammed into the Eurasian plate causing the collision and formation of the highest peak in the world knows as​ (c)  

• convergent
• India
• Mount Everest
• divergent
• transform
• K2

Click on the location of the Indus River Valley

​ (a)   monsoons bring moisture and heavy rainfall over the South Asia region, while ​ (b)   monsoons bring dry weather or drought like conditions.

• Summer
• winter
• spring
• fall

The ​ (a)   river is considered sacred to ​ (b)  

Hinduism is a ​ (c)   religion which means they believe in many gods.

• Ganges
• Hindus
• polytheistic
• Indus
• Brahmaputra
• monotheistic
• animistic

Click on the country of Bangladesh

Match the following

• Islam

• Faith

  Prayer

  Fasting

  Charity

  Pilgrimage (Hajj)

• Buddhism

• 
• Hinduism

• 

Match the following

• 330 million gods

• Hinduism

• prophet Muhammad

• Buddhism

• 4 Noble Truths

• Islam

Match the following

• caste system

• Buddhism

• Eightfold Path

• Hinduism

• Hajj to Mecca

• Islam

He is regarded as "The Father of India" for his nonviolent resistance approach for fighting for the rights of the Indian people during "Raj" (The British Rule over India)

• Siddhartha Gautama

• Nelson Mandela

• Mahatma Gandhi

• Sherpa

Why can India farm year-round?

• It is located in the mid/temperate climate zone giving it all 12 climate types

• Because India doesn't have any highlands

• It is in the high climate zone giving it hot temperatures year round

• It is located in a low/tropical climate zone