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Chapter 6, Lesson One Study Guide

1. The world’s tallest mountains, the ________________________, are located near northern India.

2. India is called a ______________________, which is a body of land that is geographically separated from the rest of a continent.

3. The Indus River branches into a large _________ before it empties into the ____________________ _________.

4. The two rivers located in India are the __________________ & __________ Rivers.  The _______________is the most holy river.

5. _____________ __________ , at 29, 028 feet tall is the Himalayas’ highest peak.

6. Farmers built _______________ canals to bring water from the river to their crops.

7. The Indus Valley had a ______ climate, so crops grew quickly.

8. Farmers built _______ _______ to protect their crops from the Indus floods. These walls could not always hold back the flood waters and crops and villages could _____________ ________.

9. _________________in the valley also brought problems. Tigers, jackals, wild pigs and deer could threaten their crop.