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. Aim: How has the geography of India influenced its people and culture? Do Now: What is a peninsular?

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. Aim: How has the geography of India influenced its people and culture? Do Now: What is a peninsular?

Physical Map of India Indus River Himalaya Mts. Largest Mountain: Mt. Everest Ganges River Great Indian Desert Aim: How has the geography of India influenced its people and culture? Do Now: What is a peninsular?

Political Map Aim: How has the geography of India influenced its people and culture? Do Now: What is a peninsular?

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? Aim: How has the geography of India influenced its people and culture? Do Now: What is a peninsular?

Himalaya Mountains Aim: How has the geography of India influenced its people and culture? Do Now: What is a peninsular?

Mt. Everest The highest mountain on Earth. 29,029 feet above sea level. Part of the Himalaya Mt. chain. Aim: How has the geography of India influenced its people and culture? Do Now: What is a peninsular?

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. Aim: How has the geography of India influenced its people and culture? Do Now: What is a peninsular?

Monsoons Seasonal winds that dominate India’s climate. From October to February, they blow dry air. From June to October the winds shift and bring lots and lots of rain. Aim: How has the geography of India influenced its people and culture? Do Now: What is a peninsular?

Tacking the Monsoons Aim: How has the geography of India influenced its people and culture? Do Now: What is a peninsular?

Effects of the Monsoon Rains Aim: How has the geography of India influenced its people and culture? Do Now: What is a peninsular?

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 Aim: How has the geography of India influenced its people and culture? Do Now: What is a peninsular?