World History / Geography

							World History / Geography                           ____________________________________
6th grade
Mr. Kowalick                                        ____________________________________

                                                    ____________________________________



Study Guide for Chapter 13
Geography and the Early Settlement of India
Content Standards
6.5: Students analyze the geographic, political, economic, religious, and social structures
of the early civilizations of India.
6.5.1: Locate and describe the major river system and discuss the physical setting that
supported the rise of this civilization.


Terms: Locate each term in your textbook and write a brief definition or explanation.
subcontinent (p. 123)                glacier (p. 127)
monsoon (p. 125)                     Khyber Pass (p. 128)
plateau (p. 125)                     Indus-Sarasvati region (p. 131)


Essential Questions: Write complete sentences to answer all of the following questions.
1. What are the eight key physical features in India, including the major river systems?
    (Be able to identify these places on a physical map of India)
2. Which of these locations in India are suitable for human settlement? Explain why.
3. Which of these places are unsuitable for human settlement? Explain why.
4. Where did India’s earliest human settlements develop? How did geography affect
   the location of those earliest settlements?


Timeline: On the back of this paper, label and illustrate a timeline with the events listed below.
For each event, draw a creative and appropriate symbol near its proper place on the timeline.
Include the date the event occurred.

Drying up of Sarasvati River
First walled towns on Indian subcontinent
Farming settlements in Indus-Sarasvati region
Farming settlements near Ganges River