Landforms
What is the name of the mountain range that stretches about 1,500 miles?
The Himalaya
What is a caste (jati)?
Its the social position into which a person is born.
What are India farms most important crops?
Rice, Wheat, and other grains.
What Natural Disasters effect India?
India is affected by monsoons, cyclones, and tsunamis.
What are the problems caused by the removal of forests in India?
Soil erosion, flooding, temperatures rising, and destroys habitats for wildlife.
What is the Gangetic Plain known for?
It is the worlds longest alluvial plain.
Who dominated India before its independence?
The British dominated India.
About how many people work in Agriculture?
About half of India's people work in Agriculture.
What approximate percentage of India is covered in forest?
What is India's highest dam?
The Tehri Dam is India's highest dam.
What is Subcontinent?
A large landmass that is part of a continent but still distinct from it.
When did India gained independence?
India won its independence in 1947.
What is a cottage industry? and what do they do?
A cottage industry is a business that employs workers in their homes. And they work on a variety of tasks including weave textiles, make shoes, jewelry, wood carvings, furniture, and bowls.
What are India's most important valuables? Name at least 4.
Coal, Iron, copper, bauxite, zinc, lead, gold, silver, and petroleum
Why are nutrients depleting in India's farmlands?
Nutrients are depleting in most of India's farmlands because of excessive irrigation with improper drainage.
What divides India into the Northern and southern regions?
The Vindhya and Satpura Ranges
What did the British introduce to India? (name at least three)
They introduced the English language, restructure the educational system, railroads, developed a civil service, and judiciary.
What role does agriculture play in the Indian economy?
It provides raw materials to industries, food to the entire population, and feeds livestock.
When is India's wet and dry seasons?
From about mid-June to the end of September, the wind brings hot, wet weather. From early October to February, winds change direction and bring cold winds and dry weather. From March to mid-June the winds turn calm and the temperature becomes hot with little rainfall.
What are the factors of air pollution in India?
Fires used for cooking and heating create smoke. In densely populated cities, construction dust and auto emissions create smog that can cause respiratory and heart problems especially in children and older people. Emissions from cars also contribute to air pollution.
What is the group of about 3 dozen islands in the Arabian sea called?
Lakshadweep
Who pursued a closer relationship with the United States until his assassination in 1991?
Rajiv son of Indira Gandhi
What is the green revolution? and how does it affected India?
The Green revolution is a program begun in the 1960's to produce higher-yielding, more productive strains of wheat, rice, and other food crops. It affected India by stirring controversies by it increasing food production and alleviated hunger in a country that once suffered devastating famines.
What is Monsoon? Discuss the a positive and a negative effect of monsoons in India.
A Monsoon is a seasonal wind that brings warm, moist air from the oceans in summer and reverses direction in the winter, bringing cold drying air from Asia's interior. a Positive effect include it providing freshwater for drinking & crop irrigation and a negative effect include flooding caused by Monsoon rains and destroying property and crops.
What was India's water conditions and how was the distribution system of water in 2008?
More than half of India's people still did not have toilets and sanitation facilities. Poor sewage and waste disposal threatened water supplies.