Transcript Ancient India PPT March 2 - Sunset Ridge School District 29

Social Studies – Ancient India
Everyone, please empty your hanging folder
& take out your notebook.
Wednesday, 3.2.16
The Handout
Students, we did a map and reading activity.
The handout was called “India – p.1” if you lost
it, you can find it on my web page.
After looking at the handout and finding key
features on the map and coloring them in, we
looked at the following slides.
Geography of India
• India is a subcontinent.
– Subcontinent: a large
landmass that is part of
a continent but is
separated from it in
some way
http://www.uncp.edu/home/rwb/INDUS.GIF
Geography of India, continued
• The countries today
that occupy the same
space as the land of
the Indus River Valley
civilizations are…
• Pakistan
• Afghanistan
– and
• India
http://www.theodora.com/maps/new5/india.gif
Weather and Climate
• Summers hot; winters
cold
• Six seasons: spring,
summer, rainy, autumn,
winter, and dewy! 
• April – Oct = MONSOON
season!
– Can rain for weeks
– Includes wind
• Nov – March = DROUGHT
season!
– Temps can reach 115+!
– Earth becomes dry and
cracked
– Dry air comes in from NE
http://www.terradaily.com/images/india-monsoon-aug08-afp-bg.jpg
http://im.rediff.com/money/2009/nov/drought1.jpg
Weather and Climate
• Wet seasons provided
enough fertile soil to
let the people of the
Indus River Valley
grow enough crops to
last them all year
long.
• Crops included…
http://history1900s.about.com/library/holocaust/blmajdanek1.htm
– Wheat, barley, and
rice!
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/US_long_grain_rice.jpg/170px-US_long_grain_rice.jpg
http://www.revitaliseyourhealth.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/wheat-germ-oil.jpg
Mountains
• Why mountains?
– India’s landmass
crashed against Asia
• Pushed some of Earth’s
crust up… now called
the Himalayas
• Mountains were
important because:
– Separated India from
China
– Was a source of major
rivers
– Protected India from
invasion
– Provided water,
hunting, timber,
minerals, and semiprecious stones
http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/india/environment/pictures/himalayas.jpg
http://www.zum.de/whkmla/histatlas/india/indiageo.gif
Rivers
• There were two rivers of great significance:
– Indus River
– Ganges River (below)
Also a river called the Ghaggar-Hakra
http://comedygoogle.blogspot.com/2011/12/ganga-river-its-great-river-of-india.html
Rivers, continued
• Rivers were
important to the
development of two
cities:
– Harappa (50,000)
– Mohenjo-daro
(30,000)
• Why were rivers so
helpful?
– Floodwaters created
silt, which was
great for growing
– Trade routes
http://instructional1.calstatela.edu/bevans/art101/art101b-0-india/WebPage-ImageF.00002.jpeg