India Geography

Invasions into Ancient India through the mountains were possible due to what physical feature?

• Rivers that made transportation easy

• Peaceful seas and bays to travel upon

• Great military weapons held by the people who invaded Ancient India

• Passes in the Hindu Kush

This geographic feature is found in the west.

• Western Ghats

• Deccan Plateau

• Himalaya Mountains

• Bay of Bengal

This geographic feature crosses the broad plains of the north.

• Indus River

• Ganges River

• Deccan Plateau

• Eastern Ghats

This geographic feature is found in the east of the Indian Subcontinent.

• Delta of the Brahmaputra River

• Mangrove Swamps

• Both A and B

• Neither A or B

The three main rivers on the Indian Subcontinent begin in the _____________________.

• Hindu Kush

• Zagros

• Appalachian

• Himalayas

Which features kept the Indian Subcontinent isolated?

• Rivers

• Plains

• Plateaus

• Oceans and seas

What features protected the Indian Subcontinent?

• Thar Desert

• Himalaya Mts.

• Arabian Sea

• Bay of Bengal

• All of the above

The highest mountain range in the world separates the Indian subcontinent from the rest of Asia. It is the

• Rockies

• Zagros

• Ghats

• Himalayas

The ocean that borders much of South Asia is the

• Atlantic

• Pacific

• Indian

• Arctic

The two mountain ranges that border the coastline of southern India are the

• Zagros and Appalacians

• Rockies and Nevadas

• Himalayan and Alps

• Eastern and Western Ghats