Chapter 27: Waiting for the Rains

Look at page 399 and answer the following Questions.

What is a monsoon?

• Rains that come every year

• a seasonal wind that carries the rain

• A climate zone

• A vegetation zone

Look at page 399 and answer the question.

What part of the world receives monsoon rains?

• Europe

• America

• South Asia

• North Asia

Look at the climagraph on page 399. (Mumbai, India)

Between what months do the monsoon rains come?

• January through March

• November through December

• March through April

• June through October

Look at the map on the bottom of page 401.

What direction are the arrows pointing?

• Northeast

• Southwest

• south

• Northwest

Look at page 402.

What map best represents Dhaka, Bangladesh? (24°N, 90°E)

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Look at page 402, and read section "One of the worlds wettest capitals".

Which climagraph best represents Dhaka, Bangladesh?

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Read page 402, section "Life depends on the rains"

What picture best represents Dhaka, Bangladesh?

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Look at page 402. "Life depends on the rain"?

What adaptations do people make living in the wet enviornment?

• The paint their houses blue

• They build their houses on stilts

• They plant crops that grow in a dry climate

• They rely on an aquaduct for water

Look at page 403.

What map best represents Jodhpur, India (26°N, 73°E)?

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Look at page 403, and read section "A City on the Edge of Desert".

Which climagraph best represents Jodhpur, India?

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