1. Welcome to India! WAR: 1) Write in agenda for the week
2) Write vocabulary terms for ch. 5, Section 1: subcontinent, monsoon, sanskrit,

2. Make a map key underneath your map on the WOW continued side of your ISN and label and color the features as follows as we discuss each feature:
Brahmaputra River – light blue
Ganges River – dark blue
Deccan Plateau – green
Western Ghats – purple
Eastern Ghats – orange
Himalayas – gray
Thar Desert – pink
Indus River – turquoise
Hindu Kush - fuschia

3. Brahmaputra River Starts in the Himalayas
Monsoons add water to the valley part of the river
Floods slightly and leaves rich soil behind
Joins with the Ganges River and land is fertile here

4. Brahmaputra River

5. Deccan Plateau Area between 2 mountain ranges
Elevated, flat area of land
Has flat, rocky sections
Also has hillier parts with thin forests
Dry with few rivers
Monsoons provide most of water, soil good for cotton

6. Eastern and Western Ghats
Mountain chains near coasts of India
Deccan Plateau sits in between
Steep slopes, narrow valleys, thick forests, heavy rains
Wet climate
Rivers rarely flood and are dangerous

7. Eastern and Western Ghats

8. Ganges River Flows across North India Starts in Himalayas
Carries sediments to plains, making it very fertile
Water supply comes from melting ice and snow
Dangerous flooding can occur and destroy crops

9. Himalaya Mountains Located on India’s northern border
Mount Everest is here
“Home of snows”
Water from the glaciers feed the rivers
Earthquakes and landslides are common

10. Himalayas
Mt. Everest goes 5 ½ miles into the sky and 10 feet of snow can fall on the area at one time! Mt. Everest grows a little more each year due to the earth’s movement.

11. Hindu Kush Mountains Form border between India and Afghanistan
Not as tall as Himalayas
Many parts are unlivable
Khyber Pass connects Asia to India, which trader and invaders used.

12. Hindu Kush Moutains

13. Indus River Begins in Himalayas
Gets water from melting snow from Hindu Kush mountains
Flows through Pakistan and empties into Arabian Sea
Carries sediments and makes soil fertile

14. Thar Desert In northern India Mostly sand and stone
Little plant life and very hot
No rivers
Dust storms common