NWR Geography Challenge Ancient India

By Jim Tracy
Last updated over 4 years ago
12 Questions

Pre-Read pages 135 to 143. You will come back to this image to label as questions 2 through 9 ask. Keep it neat and readable. Label and color on your paper map also.


Label the water to the south of India (in text).

Which continent?

Color these rivers in BLUE and label. (Indus, Ganges, and Brahmaputra Rivers)

Color these mountains in light Brown and label (in text)

Label as instructed. Answer question about what makes this mountain range unique.

Answer this question about Mauryan Empire's boundaries.

Which empire was larger, the Mauryan or the Gupta?

Where does the Indus River empty into? The Ganges River?

What geographic factors do you think encouraged the growth of civilization in the Indus River Valley?

Predict how the location of the Himalayas, as well as their height, affected the development of civilzation in ancient India.

What advantages would there have been to settling along the Indus River near its mouth at the Arabian Sea, as opposed to farther inland? What disadvantages might there have been to this location?