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Aim: How has the geography of India influenced its people and culture?

Aim: How has the geography of India influenced its people and culture? Do Now: Think about a chalk board. What does this artifact tell us about American culture? Homework: Write a paragraph explaining the positives and negatives of the monsoons in India. . Geography.

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Aim: How has the geography of India influenced its people and culture?

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  1. Aim: How has the geography of India influenced its people and culture? Do Now: Think about a chalk board. What does this artifact tell us about American culture? Homework: Write a paragraph explaining the positives and negatives of the monsoons in India. Aim: How has the geography of India influenced its people and culture? Do Now: What is a peninsular?

  2. Geography • The Indian subcontinent includes India, Pakistan and Bangladesh. • A the highest mountains in the world, Hindu Kush, Karakorum and Himalayan ranges separate this region from the rest of India. Aim: How has the geography of India influenced its people and culture? Do Now: What is a peninsular?

  3. Physical Map of India Indus River Himalaya Mts. Largest Mountain: Mt. Everest Ganges River Great Indian Desert Aim: How has the geography of India influenced its people and culture? Do Now: What is a peninsular?

  4. Political Map Aim: How has the geography of India influenced its people and culture? Do Now: What is a peninsular?

  5. Questions • What made the Indus Valley a good place for a civilization? • What other civilizations have we studied that are similar to the Indus Valley? Aim: How has the geography of India influenced its people and culture? Do Now: What is a peninsular?

  6. Himalaya Mountains Aim: How has the geography of India influenced its people and culture? Do Now: What is a peninsular?

  7. Mt. Everest • The highest mountain on Earth. 29,029 feet above sea level. • Part of the Himalaya Mt. chain. Aim: How has the geography of India influenced its people and culture? Do Now: What is a peninsular?

  8. Why would you want to climb Mt. Everest? • Because it was there!! • 1953: Edmond Hillary and Tenzing Norgay were the first men to climb to the top of Mt. Everest. Aim: How has the geography of India influenced its people and culture? Do Now: What is a peninsular?

  9. Monsoons • Seasonal winds that dominate India’s climate. • From October to February, they blow dry air. • From June to October the winds shift and bring lots and lots of rain. Aim: How has the geography of India influenced its people and culture? Do Now: What is a peninsular?

  10. Tacking the Monsoons Aim: How has the geography of India influenced its people and culture? Do Now: What is a peninsular?

  11. Effects of the Monsoon Rains Aim: How has the geography of India influenced its people and culture? Do Now: What is a peninsular?

  12. Geography of India • India • Located in the _________________ of Asia. • __________________ : body of land surrounded by three sides of water. • Landforms • Himalaya & Hindu Kush Mountains. • Deccan Plateau • __________ : an high flat piece of land. • Bodies of Water • Rivers: Indus & Ganges • Indian Ocean, Arabian Sea, Bay of Bengal. • Climate • ____________ : seasonal winds. • Causes ____________ of rain during the summer. • Makes the soil ___________ or good for growing crops. • May cause _________ which destroys farms & villages. continent peninsula plateau Monsoons downpour fertile floods Word Bank monsoon, plateau, fertile, continent, downpour, peninsula, floods Aim: How has the geography of India influenced its people and culture? Do Now: What is a peninsular?

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