Unit 8 South Asia

This is a class system in India that determines a person's job, life partner and social order?  

• Caste System

• Political System

• Cable System

• Life System

seasonal winds that affect climate in the southern areas of Asia, resulting in wet spring and summer months and dry winter months

• Monsoon

• subcontinent

• typhoons

• plate tectonics

Which physical feature has often served as a barrier for trade and travel in South Asia?

• The Himalayas

• The Ganges River

• The Indian Ocean

• The Deccan Plateau

Which characteristic of South Asian cultures best explains the political divisions of the region after the countries gained independence during the twentieth century?

• Climate variations

• Language differences

• Religious differences

• Differences in economic activities

The ​ (a)   is India's holiest river, considered a source of spiritual purification for devout Hindus. Today the river is among the world's most polluted, struggling under the pressures of modern India.

It begins high in the Himalaya Mountains and empties out into the Bay of Bengal.

This river contains ​​ (b)  

• Ganges

• Indus

• Nile

• Euphrates

• some of the world's richest farmlands.

• most of Egypt's population.

Drag the countries to their correct location.

b

c

d

a

Bangladesh

India

Pakistan

Nepal

Place the country on the map

a

b

c

d

India

Nepal

Sri Lanka

Pakistan

Use the map to locate the Indus River.

Which country is Pakistan?

The ​ (a)   is India's holiest river, considered a source of spiritual purification for devout Hindus. Today the river is among the world's most polluted, struggling under the pressures of modern India.

It begins high in the Himalaya Mountains and empties out into the Bay of Bengal.

This river contains ​​ (b)  

• Ganges

• Indus

• Nile

• Euphrates

• some of the world's richest farmlands.

• most of Egypt's population.