India Map Worksheet

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Physical Map Questions:

1.  What feature surrounds India? Do you think this makes trading easy or hard for India historically?

  

2. What mountain range is to the north or India?

  

3.  Most of India’s agriculture comes from river valleys, what two rive valleys do you think are the most important any why?

  

Major Languages map

1.  What is the language the majority of Indians speak?

  

2.  Do you think there could be a political divide between parts of the country based on this map?  Explain why or why not?

  

Population map

1. What areas of India have the lowest population per sq km, and why do you think that is?

  

2.  What areas of India have the highest population per sq. km and why?

   

3. Where are the highest populations in India and explain why you think they are located there?

  

Agriculture Map

 

1.  Based on this map what are the two major crops of India?

  

2. What are three main ways India’s uses get water to their crops?

  

3. What do you think the Indian diet consists of, and why?

  

Literacy map

1. Where part of India has the highest literacy rate?

  

2. What part has the lowest?

  

3.  Based on this map what part of India do you think has the highest percentage of farmers and the highest percentage of technology?  How would you defend your answer?

 

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Based on information from the maps, describe what you think daily life is for an Indian in the city and an Indian in a city?

 

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