Reading --> The Geography and Climate of the Indian Subcontinent. TB --> pp. 73-76.                    OH transparencies on India's geographic/climatic features. Slides of early Indus River civilizations.

To analyze the reasons why India's three great river systems are so important to the development of Indian culture. To explain why the Ganges River can be referred to as "Mother Ganges [Mama Ganga]". To explain the influence of the monsoons on South Asia and why they were called India's "breath of life." To be able to list the ways in which the Himalayas have influenced India's climate and history. To be able to describe the natural barriers WITHIN the Indian subcontinent and show how they affected the development of early Indian civilizations. To analyze the characteristics of the early Indus River civilizations and explain the eventual reasons for their decline. To understand the origin of the term "Aryan" and how it has been misused in the 20c. To understand how the Aryans were different from the peoples of the earlier Indus river cultures. To cite examples of how the early Indo-Aryan culture, although distinct in many ways, absorbed from elements of the Indus valley civilization.

subcontinent	Ganga Mata	monsoons	kush	ghat
Harappa	Mohenjo-Daro	Aryans	Dravidians	Indo-Europeans

Be able to find and identify the following on a map of South Asia:
India Pakistan Bangladesh Nepal Bhutan Afghanistan Sri Lanka China Iran Burma Himalaya Mountains Khyber Pass Hindu Kush Karakoran Mountains Vindhya Mountains Eastern Ghats Western Ghats Indus River Ganges River Brahmaputra River Thar Desert	Deccan Plateau Tibetan Plateau Indian Ocean Arabian Sea Bay of Bengal Malabar Plain Coromandel Plain Punjab Kashmir New Delhi Madras Benares Calcutta Bombay Dacca Lahore Colombo Kathmandu Bangalore Mohenjo-Daro Harappa

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