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Q: What large landmass split up millions of years ago, resulting in India’s collision with the rest of Asia?
A: Gondwanaland
Q: What two terms are used to describe this region of the world?
A: South Asia & the Indian Subcontinent
Q: What five physical features isolate South Asia? Hint: two landforms and three bodies of water.
A: Hindu Kush, Himalayas, Arabian Sea, Indian Ocean & Bay of Bengal.
Q: What is the name of the territory in northern India that is claimed by both India and Pakistan?
A: Kashmir
Q: What is the name of the famous mountain pass through the Hindu Kush mountains?
A: Khyber Pass
Q: What geographic term is used to describe a landform that is low in elevation and relatively flat?
A: Plain
Q: What is the large plain in the northern part of South Asia?
A: Indo-Gangetic Plain
Q: What three rivers form the Indo-Gangetic Plain?
A: Indus, Ganges & Brahmaputra
Q: What geographical term is used to describe the landform formed at the mouth of a river?
A: delta
Q: Which country is largely composed of the huge delta formed by the Ganges and Brahmaputra?
A: Bangladesh
Q: Which two rivers combine to form the largest delta in South Asia?
A: Ganges & Brahmaputra
Q: What two names are used to describe the large desert located in South Asia?
A: Thar & Great Indian Desert
Q: In which two countries is the Thar Desert located?
A: India & Pakistan
Q: What geographic term is used to describe an elevated area that is relatively flat?
A: plateau
Q: What is the name of the large plateau in central India?
A: Deccan Plateau
Q: What mountain chain has the biggest influence on the amount of precipitation the Deccan Plateau receives?
A: Western Ghats
Q: What geographic term is used to describe when one side of a mountain receives a lot of moisture and the other side almost none?
A: rain shadow
Q: What are monsoons?
A: seasonal winds
Q: What is the origin of the term monsoon?
A: It comes from the Arabic word for season.
Q: When does the wet monsoon arrive?
A: late May/ early June
Q: When do the dry monsoons arrive?
A: October
Review: Countries• Afghanistan
• Bangladesh
• Bhutan
• India
• Maldives
• Nepal
• Pakistan
• Sri Lanka
Afghanistan
Pakistan
India
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Review: Bodies of Water
• Arabian Sea
• Bay of Bengal
• Indian Ocean
Arabian Sea
Indian Ocean
Bay of Bengal
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Review: Rivers
• Brahmaputra
• Indus
• Ganges
Indus
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Review: Physical Features
• Deccan Plateau
• Himalayas
• Hindu Kush
• Indo-Gangetic Plain
• Thar Desert
• Western Ghats
Hindu Kush
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