Vocabulary
What is the term for a large land mass that juts out from a continent?
Subcontinent
What is the term for a body of land surrounded by water on 3 sides?
peninsula
Fertile soil for farming
Fishing
electricity
What is formed when two tectonic plates push together?
mountains
What continent is India located?
Asia
What is another name for a fortress, or a place with high surrounding walls that provide protection?
T/F: India is not a peninsula.
False
What are the names of the two major rivers in India?
Ganges River
Indus River
Home of Snow
What mountain range (group) is located in Northern India?
Himalayan Mountains
What state is known as a peninsula?
Florida
The Himalayan Mountains
The Ghats Mountains
The population of the Deccan Plateau depends primarily on what for water supply?
water/rain from monsoons
What is the term for moving from one location to another?
migrate
What kind of 'plate' does India sit on, different from the rest of the continent?
tectonic
What is an area of flat, higher elevation?
plateau
What is the name of the tallest mountain in the world?
Mount Everest
Mount Everest is how tall?
Over 29,000
What is the name of strong winds that blows across a region at certain times of the year?
monsoon
Bay of Bengal
Arabian Sea
Indian Ocean
What is the name of the plateau located in central India?
Deccan Plateau
T/F Mount Everest continues to grow each year.
True (by 5cm)
Who is your favorite teacher?
Ms. Landry
Ms. Martin
Ms. Nazzarro