Geography of South Asia
Kashmir
Border conflicts between India and Pakistan have most often occurred in _______.
Deccan Plateau, Himalaya Mountains and Thar Desert created cultural diversity while Khyber pass and Ganges, Indus and Brahmaputra Rivers allowed for cultural diffusion and the development of civilization.
How did the geography of South Asia impact its culture and history?
monsoons
In India, Bangladesh, and much of Southeast Asia, agricultural productivity is most affected by the seasonal ____________.
Suez Canal
One reason the ____ _____ has been of strategic importance to countries other than Egypt was that the canal allowed for faster movement between the North Atlantic Ocean and the Indian Ocean.
India
The Thar Desert, Ganges River, and Deccan Plateau are all geographic features of ________.
Bangladesh
The nation of __________ was created as a result of the cultural and economic differences between East Pakistan and West Pakistan.
Flood (if there is too much rain) or famine (if there is too little rain)
What are TWO possible negative effects of the summer monsoon rains?
Asia
What continent is pictured in yellow?
Bangladesh
What country is located at #2?
Nepal
What country is located at #3?
Pakistan
What country is located at #4?
India
What country is located at #5?
Sri Lanka
What country is located at #6?
Afghanistan
What country is located at #7?
China
What country is located at #8?
Iran
What country is located at number 1?
Kabul
What is the capital of Afghanistan?
Dhaka
What is the capital of Bangladesh?
New Delhi
What is the capital of India?
Tehran
What is the capital of Iran?
Islamabad
What is the capital of Pakistan?
Beijing
What it the capital of China?
Bay of Bengal
What physical feature is located at letter A?
Arabian Sea
What physical feature is located at letter B?
Indian Ocean
What physical feature is located at letter C?
Thar Desert
What physical feature is located at letter D?
Indus River
What physical feature is located at letter E?
Ganges River
What physical feature is located at letter F?
Brahmaputra River
What physical feature is located at letter G?
Himalaya Mountains
What physical feature is located at letter H?
Deccan Plateau
What physical feature is located at letter I?
Deccan Plateau
What physical feature is pictured here?
Himalaya Mountains
What physical feature is pictured here?
Indus River
What physical feature is pictured here?
Khyber Pass in the Hindu Kush Mountains
What physical feature is pictured here?
Central Asia
What region is this?
South Asia
What region is this?
Southeast Asia
What region is this?
Southwest Asia
What region is this?
Ganges River
What river that is sacred to Hindus is pictured here?
c. mountains
Which geographic feature served as a barrier that protected ancient China and was used as an invasion route by the Aryans into ancient India?
Summer Monsoon
Which monsoon winds bring rain?
a seasonal wind
define monsoon
