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Do Now: What are some elements needed for a civilization?. Surplus Produce Cities Specialization of Trade Social Status Shared Values Writing Rivers. Geography of India. Subcontinent Mountains, deserts, rivers, and oceans separated the people of India from the rest of the World
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Do Now: What are some elements needed for a civilization? • Surplus Produce • Cities • Specialization of Trade • Social Status • Shared Values • Writing • Rivers
Geography of India • 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
Positive and Negative Effects of 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