Unit 7 Study Guide

_____________ is the world's longest alluvial plain.

• Gangetic plain
• Deccan plain
• Coromandel coast
• Lower Ganges valley

True or False: The Ganges River floods out during monsoon season.

• True
• False

True or False: During monsoon season in India, there are constant earthquakes and droughts.

• True
• False

Much like Indiana, Pakistan has a lot of _______________ as a natural resource.

• limestone
• coal
• marble
• corn

The Indian subcontinent is a part of what region?

• Central Asia
• South Asia
• North Africa
• Middle East

Karachi is the largest city of which country?

• India
• Pakistan
• Bangladesh
• East Pakistan

In 2005, this killed roughly 80,000 people in Pakistan.

• War
• Famine
• Earthquake
• Tsunami

This southern landform in India is know as what?

• Hindu Kush
• Deccan Plateau
• Ganges River
• Great Plains

This coast is one of India's longest.

• Coromandel
• Deccan Plateau
• Sahara
• Indian Pacific

A monsoon is what?

• A rain storm
• A strong wind that brings hot weather and rain to Southern Asia

• An underwater earthquake
• A violent tropical storm