Unit 4, India, Map Lesson Longitude, latitude, and specialty maps. Materials: Your own paper, a pencil (no pens), the Holt, Student World Atlas booklet, a blank South Asia map handout, your Ancient Civilizations textbook, colored pencils or crayons (no markers). All work will be on your own paper, or on the blank world map handout. DO NOT WRITE IN THE STUDENT ATLAS BOOKLET. First take 5 minutes and peruse through the entire Student World Atlas. List at least 5 observations that you can make about what maps can show by looking at the different maps in the atlas. 1. Now turn to page 96 in the Student World Atlas and find India. (Hint: Look along the bottom edge of the map until you find the 80⁰ E line right above the O in Ocean, now follow that line up until you see India.) What country borders India to the northwest? (Hint: use the compass rose at the bottom if you don’t remember directions.) What country borders India to the northeast? To the north? What is the capital of India? 2. Now move west to Pakistan. What is the capital of Pakistan? What country is to the northwest of Pakistan? What is the capital of Afghanistan? What country is to the west of both Pakistan and Afghanistan? What is the capital of Iran? 3. Now look at the physical map on page 97 and find India. (Hint: use the 80⁰ E line again.) Now find Pakistan. Two lines intersect in the middle of Pakistan, what are the numbers of those 2 lines? (Hint: the longitude line running up and down is not numbered, but the lines on either side are, figure it out.) (Hint: the latitude line running east‐west curves to the top of the map.) 4. What is the name of the river that flows near the intersection of 70⁰ E and 30⁰ N? What mountain range does that river flow from? 5. Now go back to India and find the Deccan Plateau. What river is to the south of this region? What river is to the north of this region? Which mountain range does the Ganges River flow from? 6. Now look very closely at the Himalayas on page 97. There is a country in the mountains. Now compare that area with the same area on the map on page 96. What country is in the Himalayas? What major mountain peak is located in Nepal? How easy was it for people long ago to travel from India into China? Explain. 7. Now turn to the population map on page 98 of the Student World Atlas and find India and Pakistan, study that region closely for a few seconds, notice the colors and what they mean. Now you will compare the population map on page 98 with the Climate and Annual Precipitation maps on page 100. Using the information on one or both of the maps on page 100, explain why so many people live in India and so few people live in Pakistan. 8. Look at the Annual Precipitation map on page 100. Which side of India receives more rain: 9. Now look at the column of Climate Graphs along the right side of page 100. First study the key in the top graph. Now find the Climate Graph for New Delhi, India. Which month is the hottest and wettest month of the year? Now go up and find the Climate Graph for Dhaka, Bangladesh, compare that graph with the New Delhi graph. Which city receives more rain throughout the year? Map Activity: Use the maps on page R10 – R11 in your Ancient Civilizations textbook and your blank South Asia handout map to complete the following activity. (Hint: the R pages are in the back of the book.) First: Use the map on page R10 in the Ancient Civilizations textbook. Use a pencil to sketch the Indus and Ganges Rivers onto your blank South Asia handout map. After I approve them, trace the pencil with a fine tip blue marker or colored pencil. Then use your pencil to draw a few short neat arrows (about ½ in long) along the rivers pointing in the direction that they flow. Second: Label the following countries neatly and tightly in all CAPS. PAKISTAN, INDIA, NEPAL, BHUTAN, BANGLADESH, SRI LANKA. Now shade the countries in different colors using colored pencils or crayons. Leave the areas around the labels white. Third: Label the following bodies of water around India: ARABIAN SEA, BAY OF BENGAL. You may shade the water light blue with a colored pencil or crayon. Staple your map on top of your answers and turn them in to your team leader. Check for first and last names.