Aim: How has the geography of India influenced its people and culture?

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• Aim How has the geography of India influenced
  its people and culture?
• Do Now Think about a chalk board. What does
  this artifact tell us about American culture?
• Homework Write a paragraph explaining the
  positives and negatives of the
• monsoons in India.

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Geography

• The Indian subcontinent includes India, Pakistan
  and Bangladesh.
• A the highest mountains in the world, Hindu Kush,
  Karakorum and Himalayan ranges separate this
  region from the rest of India.

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Physical Map of India
Indus River
Himalaya Mts. Largest Mountain Mt. Everest
Ganges River
Great Indian Desert
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Political Map
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Questions

• What made the Indus Valley a good place for a
  civilization?
• What other civilizations have we studied that are
  similar to the Indus Valley?

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Himalaya Mountains
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Mt. Everest

• The highest mountain on Earth. 29,029 feet above
  sea level.
• Part of the Himalaya Mt. chain.

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Why would you want to climb Mt. Everest?

• Because it was there!!
• 1953 Edmond Hillary and Tenzing Norgay were the
  first men to climb to the top of Mt. Everest.

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Monsoons

• Seasonal winds that dominate Indias climate.
• From October to February, they blow dry air.
• From June to October the winds shift and bring
  lots and lots of rain.

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Tacking the Monsoons
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Effects of the Monsoon Rains
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Geography of India

• India
• Located in the _________________ of Asia.
• __________________ body of land surrounded by
  three sides of water.
• Landforms
• Himalaya Hindu Kush Mountains.
• Deccan Plateau
• __________ an high flat piece of land.
• Bodies of Water
• Rivers Indus Ganges
• Indian Ocean, Arabian Sea, Bay of Bengal.
• Climate
• ____________ seasonal winds.
• Causes ____________ of rain during the summer.
• Makes the soil ___________ or good for growing
  crops.
• May cause _________ which destroys farms
  villages.

continent
peninsula
plateau
Monsoons
downpour
fertile
floods
Word Bank monsoon, plateau, fertile, continent,
downpour, peninsula, floods