Review

Q: What large landmass split up millions of years ago, resulting in India’s collision with the rest of Asia?

A: Gondwanaland

Q: What two terms are used to describe this region of the world?

A: South Asia & the Indian Subcontinent

Q: What five physical features isolate South Asia? Hint: two landforms and three bodies of water.

A: Hindu Kush, Himalayas, Arabian Sea, Indian Ocean & Bay of Bengal.

Q: What is the name of the territory in northern India that is claimed by both India and Pakistan?

A: Kashmir

Q: What is the name of the famous mountain pass through the Hindu Kush mountains?

A: Khyber Pass

Q: What geographic term is used to describe a landform that is low in elevation and relatively flat?

A: Plain

Q: What is the large plain in the northern part of South Asia?

A: Indo-Gangetic Plain

Q: What three rivers form the Indo-Gangetic Plain?

A: Indus, Ganges & Brahmaputra

Q: What geographical term is used to describe the landform formed at the mouth of a river?

A: delta

Q: Which country is largely composed of the huge delta formed by the Ganges and Brahmaputra?

A: Bangladesh

Q: Which two rivers combine to form the largest delta in South Asia?

A: Ganges & Brahmaputra

Q: What two names are used to describe the large desert located in South Asia?

A: Thar & Great Indian Desert

Q: In which two countries is the Thar Desert located?

A: India & Pakistan

Q: What geographic term is used to describe an elevated area that is relatively flat?

A: plateau

Q: What is the name of the large plateau in central India?

A: Deccan Plateau

Q: What mountain chain has the biggest influence on the amount of precipitation the Deccan Plateau receives?

A: Western Ghats

Q: What geographic term is used to describe when one side of a mountain receives a lot of moisture and the other side almost none?

A: rain shadow

Q: What are monsoons?

A: seasonal winds

Q: What is the origin of the term monsoon?

A: It comes from the Arabic word for season.

Q: When does the wet monsoon arrive?

A: late May/ early June

Q: When do the dry monsoons arrive?

A: October

Review: Countries• Afghanistan

• Bangladesh

• Bhutan

• India

• Maldives

• Nepal

• Pakistan

• Sri Lanka

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Pakistan

India

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Review: Bodies of Water

• Arabian Sea

• Bay of Bengal

• Indian Ocean

Arabian Sea

Indian Ocean

Bay of Bengal

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Review: Rivers

• Brahmaputra

• Indus

• Ganges

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Review: Physical Features

• Deccan Plateau

• Himalayas

• Hindu Kush

• Indo-Gangetic Plain

• Thar Desert

• Western Ghats

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