Geography of the Indian sub-continent

Question 1

what is a subcontient?

Answer 1

a large landmass smaller than a continent

Question 2

The Greeks named the region Indos, in reference to which river?

Answer 2

The Indus River

Question 3

When was the invasion of Alexander the Great?

Answer 3

332 BCE

Question 4

Who is the modern word India borrowed from?

Answer 4

The ancient Greeks

Question 5

The physical geography of the Indian subcontinent has how many types of landscapes and what are they?

Answer 5

It has 4 types of landscapes and they are two major mountain ranges,plains,and coastlines.

Question 6

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In the far____there is the chain of mountains that include the____, the____ and the ____ mountains.

Answer 6

In the far North there is the chain of mountains that include the Hindu Kush, the Karakorum and the Himalaya mountains.

Question 7

What countries are incuded in the Indian subcontinent?

Answer 7

The Indian subcontinent, consisting variably of

India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, Maldives.

Question 8

Explain the flow of water from the mountains into different rivers?

Answer 8

The mountains have glaciers that feed the major river system.

• Water flows from Indus river then into the Arabian Sea in West.
• Water flows from the Ganges river into the Bay of Bengal in East.

Question 9

What are the important passes or places that allowed people to enter the Indus valley or India plateaus?

Answer 9

• The Gomal and Khyber Passes in the north-west were used by invaders over many centuries to enter the Indus River valleys and the India plateaus.
• passes through the Chitral Valley and through the Karakorum Mountains allowed communication and trade with Central Asia over the valuable Silk Road or routes.

Question 10

Describe the flow of Indus river valley.

Answer 10

The Indus river flows from the Indian Himalayas through Kashmir and into the Punjab (rich agricultural lands) and gets into the Arabian Sea.

Question 11

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Some of the ____ civilizations and cities were established along the ___ of the rivers of the Indus River valleys.

Answer 11

Some of the earliest civilizations and cities were established along the plains of the rivers of the Indus River valleys.

Question 12

What are found in the Great Ganges Plains?

Answer 12

Great concentrations of farms and peope are found due to the presence of Ganges river, Indus river and Brahmaputra river plains

Question 13

What separates the north from the south of the subcontinent?

Answer 13

The Vindhya Mountain range

Question 14

Where does the Vindhya Miungain range lie ?

Answer 14

the Vindhya Mountain range that lies to south of the river plains.

Question 15

What did the deccan plateau depend on, and why did it depend on that ?

Answer 15

On the other side of the mountains is the great Deccan plateau ( in the south). It is a drier land that is dependent on seasonal rains during the monsoon season. That is why they depend on irrigation for agriculture.( because of the limited water sypply)

Question 16

What was the Volcanic rock of the Decdan plateau used for?

Answer 16

Volcanic rock of the Deccan plateau in the south was used to build temples and other structures.

Question 17

Where do the wimds from the annual monsoons come from?

Answer 17

The annual monsoons come from winds off the Indian Ocean and are the only rains. There are rivers that bring water from the Vindhya but with much less water flow than those of the great northern rivers.

Question 18

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Answer 18

In the far south, along the lusher Malabar and Coromandel coasts, the Kerala and Tamil peoples thrived and developed their own languages.

Question 19

Where where ancient shipping trade routes developed?

Answer 19

Ancient shipping trade routes were developed to the Arabian Gulf and the African coasts in one direction and to Southeast Asia in the other. Eventually, European fleets entered the Indian Ocean from the 16th century onward

Question 20

Monsoon season

Answer 20

—Every year between April and September, the Indian subcontinent receives a large amount of wind carrying warm tropical rain.

—The monsoons come from the Indian Ocean currents and wind patterns that move warm, moist air from the southwest Indian Ocean toward countries like India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, and Myanmar.

—The area experiences winter monsoons which are dry winds that blow down from the northeast region of the Himalayan Mountains. These winds do not bring much rain so the winter is known as the dry or drier season.