India Geography

Vocabulary

100

What is the term for a large land mass that juts out from a continent?

Subcontinent 

200

What is another name for a fortress, or a place with high surrounding walls that provide protection?

citadel

300

What is the name for a class of people, usually perform specific tasks or jobs?

caste

400

What is the term for moving from one location to another?

migrate

500

What is the name of strong winds that blows across a region at certain times of the year?

monsoon

Capital

100

Canberra - - Capital of which country

Australia

200

Capital of France

Paris

300

Capital of Italy

Rome

400

arunachal pradesh capital

Itanagar

500

Kerala Capital

Thiruvananthapuram

India Rivers/Plateau

100

Name one thing that India's rivers provide to it's population.

Fresh water for drinking

Fertile soil for farming

Fishing

electricity 

200

What are the names of the two major rivers in India?

Ganges River

Indus River

300

Where is the source (beginning) of these two rivers?

The Himalayan Mountains

400

What is an area of flat, higher elevation?

plateau

500

What is the name of the plateau located in central India?

Deccan Plateau

Mountains

100

What is formed when two tectonic plates push together?

mountains

200

"Himalaya" means....

Home of Snow

300

What mountains sit on the both east and west coasts of India?

The Ghats Mountains

400

What is the name of the tallest mountain in the world?

Mount Everest

500

T/F Mount Everest continues to grow each year.

True (by 5cm)

Misc.

100

What continent is India located?

Asia

200

What mountain range (group) is located in Northern India?

Himalayan Mountains 

300

The population of the Deccan Plateau depends primarily on what for water supply?

water/rain from monsoons

400

Mount Everest is how tall?

Over 29,000

500

Who is your favorite teacher?

Ms. Landry

Ms. Martin

Ms. Nazzarro