World History: Ancient India and the Indus Valley

India is a ​ (a)   ​ ​ ​

• subcontinent
• subcountry
• continent
• country

What is a subcontinent?

• A subcontinent is a small, indistinguishable part of a continent.
• A subcontinent is a type of dessert.
• A subcontinent is a large, distinguishable part of a continent.
• A subcontinent is a man-made structure on a continent.

What is continental drift?

• the gradual movement and formation of continents

• books of prayer, songs, stories

• people who are outside the Caste System

• One of the earliest Hindu holy texts

India drifted into what plate?

• North American Plate
• African Plate
• South American Plate
• Eurasian Plate

India drifting into the Eurasian plate caused the formation of what mountains?

• Alps mountains
• Himalayan mountains
• Hindu-Kush

• Karakoram

Label the bodies of water on the map to right.

b

c

d

e

a

Indus River

Arabian Sea

Ganges River

Bay of Bengal

Indian Ocean

Label the mountains on the map to right.

c

d

e

Karakorum

Himalayas

Indian

Himilayas

Karakoram

Hindu Kush

Label the following land forms.

e

f

d

c

Kyhber Pass

Eastern Ghats

Demman Plateau

Khyber Pass

Western Ghats

Deccan Plateau

Label the following cities.

d

c

Kyhber Pass

Demman Plateau

Mohenjo-Daro

Harappa

Mijenho-Daro

Haratta

What does this image show?

• That India will eventually become it's own land mass

• the formation of the Himalayan + Karakoram mountains

• Why India is enemies with Europe and Asia

• Continental Drift