Geography of India Review

India is located on the continent of

• Africa

• Asia

• Australia

• North America

India is considered a subcontinent because

• The Himalaya Mountains separate in from the rest of the continent

• It is the smallest continent

• It is the coldest continent

• It broke away from the other continents

All of the following are major rivers in India EXCEPT

• Ganges River

• Tigris River

• Indus River

• Brahmaputra River

Which Indian River is considered "sacred" to the Indian People?

• Indus River

• Brahmaputra River

• Ganges River

• Tigris River

In Western India, the Indus River flows through a dry desert called the

• Gobi Desert

• Sahara Desert

• Mohave Desert

• Thar Desert

In the South of India, the Eastern and Western Ghats mountains create a high flat area called the

• Northern Plain

• Deccan Plateau

• Tropical Rainforest

• Himalaya Mountains

Seasonal winds called ________ bring cool dry air in the winter and warm stormy weather in the Summer in India.

• typhoons

• hurricanes

• monsoons

• Tsunamis

The Himalayan Mountains are home to ____________, the tallest mountain in the world.

• Mt. Etna

• Mt. Everest

• Mt. Kilimanjaro

• Mt. Mitchell

When the monsoon rains do not come, India can be faced with a long dry period called a

• drought

• flood

• famine

• plague

The many rivers in the North of India create a flat, fertile area of land called the

• Himalayas

• Deccan Plateau

• Thar Desert

• Northern Plain