Geography of Ancient India

Question 1

Which river empties into the Bay of Bengal?

Accepted Answer

Ganges

Question 2

The Deccan Plateau ____.

Accepted Answer

is between two mountain ranges in southern India

Question 3

What is one possible benefit of the Himalaya Mountains forming India's northern border?

Accepted Answer

protection from enemies

Question 4

The Hindu Kush mountains form a barrier between

Accepted Answer

India and Afghanistan

Question 5

India is attached to Asia and surrounded on three sides by water. Because of this, it is called

Accepted Answer

a subcontinent

Question 6

What is located between the Eastern and Western Ghats?

Accepted Answer

the Deccan Plateau

Question 7

The earth under the Himalayas is always moving. Which is NOT an effect of this movement?

Accepted Answer

The Deccan Plateau rises slightly every year

Question 8

The Thar Desert is located

Accepted Answer

in northern India

Question 9

Where is the Khyber Pass?

Accepted Answer

in the Hindu Kush Mountains

Question 10

Which river empties into the Arabian Sea?

Accepted Answer

Indus

Question 11

The Indus River valley is important for its

Accepted Answer

farmland

Question 12

The Brahmaputra, Ganges, and Indus all start in the mountains. What is one result of this?

Accepted Answer

water carries sediment that is good for farming

Question 13

A monsoon is a small wind that brings no rain at all.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 14

Mount Everest, in the Himalayas, reaches five and a half miles into the sky.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 15

At what point is the Brahmaputra at its shallowest?

Accepted Answer

in the mountains

Question 16

Which of these is one effect of a monsoon?

Accepted Answer

Rich minerals are deposited in the river valley

Question 17

The Eastern and Western Ghats are

Accepted Answer

mountains ranges

Question 18

If you had lived in India in 2500 B.C.E., where would you most likely have chosen to settle?

Accepted Answer

near the Brahmaputra river

Questions 18