 Surplus Produce  Cities  Specialization of Trade  Social Status  Shared Values  Writing  Rivers Rank the elements that you believe are MOST important in a civilization DO NOW: WHAT ARE SOME ELEMENTS NEEDED FOR A CIVILIZATION?

 Subcontinent  Mountains, deserts, rivers, and oceans separated the people of India from the rest of the World  3 Major Geographic Zones  Far North – Himalaya Mountains  Snow melts and causes rivers  South – Deccan Plateau – high plateau that gets less rain  Northern Plains – where civilization first developed  Highlands used to support civilization  Floods regularly twice a year (Indus, Ganges, Brahmapurta River)  Heavy Rains  Monsoons GEOGRAPHY OF INDIA

BODIES OF WATER

DESERTS

ELEVATION LEVELS

SUMMER MONSOONS

 People NEEDED monsoons to bring water needed for civilization  Rains flooded rivers and deposited rich silt farmers needed to grow crops  Monsoon rains too heavy = devastation – crops, homes, and lives can be lost  Monsoon rains too late = drought – cant grow crops POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF MONSOONS