The Physical Geography of India

What is a piece of land that is surrounded by water on three sides?

• Subcontinent

• Plateau

• Peninsula

• Monsoon

What brings a great amount of rainfall and destruction to India?

• Summer Monsoon

• Indus River

• Himalayas

• Mount Everest

What is a smaller part of a continent that has different climate and geography?

• Peninsula

• Plateau

• Subcontinent

• Himalayas

The Himalaya Mountains translates to mean __________________________ due to the snowfall the range receives.

• "Home of Snow"

• "House of Rain"

• "Avalanche Abode"

• "Snowman Haven"

What body of water borders India on its east coast?

• Arabian Sea

• Indian Ocean

• Pacific Ocean

• Bay of Bengal

The winter monsoon is ___________________ than the summer monsoon.

• wetter

• drier

• more dangerous

• deadlier

Which of these is an elevated area in central India used for agriculture and animal grazing

• Deccan Plateau

• Himalayas

• Eastern Ghats

• Western Ghats

The Indus and the Ganges are

• ancient cities that were similar despite being 300 miles apart

• rivers that flow into India and bring water to the country

• groups of invaders who failed to conquer ancient india

• the highest castes

Which of the following is a TRUE statement?

• India has a single, very long river that brings water to the entire country.

• In the summer, big winds called monsoons bring lots of rain and thunderstorms to India.

• India contains over a dozen active and inactive volcanoes.

• India is surrounded by mountains on all 4 sides.

Which of these is NOT a geographic feature of India?

• frozen tundra

• dense jungles

• flowing rivers

• enormous mountains