1. INDIA (INDIAN SUB-CONTINENT)
(ALSO CALLED “SOUTH ASIA”)
LESSON #1

2. Where is SOUTH ASIA?? Circle the location

3. MOUNTAINS of INDIA
HIMALAYAS
HINDU
KUSH
WESTERN
GHATS
EASTERN
GHATS

4. The Himalayas Northern Barrier of South Asia World’s Tallest Peaks
Mt. Everest - 29, 035 feet)

5. Influence of Mountains:
Look at the locations of the mountains.
How do you think they had an affect on…
Where people live in India…
Why Indian culture is SO different…
Why India is so HOT…

6. Rivers of South Asia: Ganges River (Gang-ga) large delta pollution
trade
irrigation
transportation
religion
Tell students about all the other things the Ganges River is used for.

7. INDUS RIVER Fertile Land (Pakistan) Earliest Civilizations in region
Mohenjo-Daro
Harappa

8. CLIMATE of SOUTH ASIA Regions are varied: Tropical Wet and Dry Desert
Highlands

9. MONSOONS What IS a monsoon? Put your own answer here
Click – news report on Monsoon in Pakistan
Put your own answer here
Click
(Explanation)

10. MONSOONS “Season” (Arabic) Summer Monsoon (Wet) Winter Monsoon (Dry)
Types of Monsoons
Click – description AND film of damages

11. Physical Features Indus River Ganges River Western Ghats Eastern Ghats
Western Ghats
Eastern Ghats
Himalaya Mountains
Hindu Kush Mountains
Bay of Bengal
Arabian Sea
Indian Ocean
Draw in the rivers
For mountains,
draw in the upside down VVV
Use the Global Mosaic text book, pages:
159
164
204
210

12. Political locations
Cities
Delhi / New Delhi
Calcutta (Kolcutta)
Bombay (Mumbai)
Madras (Chennai)
Amritsar 
Surrounding nations
Sri Lanka
Iran
Pakistan
Afghanistan
China
Nepal
Bhutan
Bangladesh
Myanmar (Burma)
Kashmir (a region within India)