Land
A large piece of land that is somewhat smaller than a continent
subcontinent
When monsoon is late
little rain falls, crops fail, people go hungry
One of the great rivers India depends on for water
Ganges
The ____ _____ often floods and is called ________.
Yellow River "China's Sorrow".
People of the Indus River Valley wrote
pictograms on tablets
Shang __________ divided between rich and poor.
society
Wind blows over its warm waters in the summer
Indian Ocean
Rivers help India's farmers
Grow crops
Where India's first great civilization began
Indus River Valley
The _______ and ____ _______ stand at India's northern edge.
Himalayas Hindu Kush
A dynasty is a ___________ that rules a country over a long period of time.
family
Seasonal winds
monsoon
Deals with land, weather,bodies of water, and plant and animal life
geography
People of the Indus River Valley grew
grains and vegetables
One of the mountain ranges that stands at India's northern edge.
Himalayas
Able to grow crops, like the land in northern India
fertile
The dry season in India
Winter
The __________ and the _________ are India's two largest rivers.
Ganges Indus
Continent of which India is a part of
Asia
An open place in the mountains
pass
The best known passage into india
Khyber Pass
The rainy season in India
summer
Land surrounded by water on three sides
Peninsula
India is a ____________ surrounded on three sides by ____________.
peninsula water
Along with two mountain ranges, separates India from the rest of Asia.
Bay of Bengal