India chapter 5

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Introduction India chapter 5

This lesson

- Introduction on India, what do you know?

- Test: What is your knowledge about India?

- Start with assignments

Goals

- To test your knowledge about India.

- To activate prior knowlegde about India.

Post-it

What do you know about India on these subjects?

Grab post-it and write something about these subjects:

- Population

- Culture

- Landscape

- Climate

- Political

- History

- Other category?

Rules:

- Each post-it one word/sentence

- Write down the subject above your sentence/word

- At least 3 post-its per person

- Place them on the board

- Same word/sentence? -> cluster them

Differences in India: Introduction test

• This is an open book test. You may use your textbook, but try to answer as many questions as possible on your own

It's useful to know what can be asked

And helpful to know what you already know..

Good luck!

Where is India?

India was a British colony. The British had multiple colonies in South Asia. What is the name of this entire region to which India also belonged?

1. British Asia
2. British India
3. British countries
4. English asia

After independence, India became one country with one central government alongside a separate government in each state. What is this also called?

1. Kingdom
2. Corruption
3. Democratie
4. Federation

What is the main religion in India?

1. Islam
2. Buddhism
3. Hindoism
4. Christianity

How many inhabitans has India?

1. 900 million
2. 1,2 billion
3. 1,4 billion
4. 1,7 billion

www.worldometers.info

Why do they speak English well?

1. They learn on school
2. India was a colony of U.S.
3. India was a colony of England
4. India is close to Australia

What is lingua franca?

1. It's Indias currency
2. That is a type of Hindi accent, widely used in the southern states of India
3. Language used by french people in India
4. Language widely used as a lingua franca by people with different mother tongues

What is the capital of India?

1. Mumbai
2. New-Delhi
3. Bengaluru
4. Srinagar

Which of the following statements applies to the Caste System

1. The caste system ensures equality
2. Castle system never existed.
3. The caste system causes significant inequality
4. The English introduced the caste system

India has a growing population. Half of the population is younger than 25 years old, what do we call that pressure?

1. Grey pressure
2. Green pressure
3. Blue pressure
4. Pink pressure

The population in India will continue to increase over the next 25 years, but the fertility rate is decreasing. What is the fertility rate

1. Amount of babys per woman
2. The number of children below 18 years old
3. Amount of kids stay at home after 18
4. Amount of woman that can get pregnant in a country

Which three sentences are true?

True

False

In india there are a lot of muslims

In India, hundreds of different languages are spoken

30% of India's population is Hindu

Urdu en Hindi are two official spoken languages in India

Not all Indians speak Hindi

Beef is widely consumed in India

What is the main important river in india?

1. Ganges
2. Rhine
3. Maas
4. Seine

What is the name of the mountain ridge in India?

1. the Alps
2. Himalaya
3. Pyreneeën
4. Black forest

There are three types of rainfall. What is not a type?

1. Relief rainfall
2. Convectional rainfall
3. Pushing rainfall
4. Frontal rainfall

What type of wind do you see on this map?

1. On shore wind
2. Of shore wind
3. Side wind
4. Low wind

India has dry winters and wet summers due to the monsoon. What is this monsoon?

1. A storm from the Himalaya
2. A heatwave
3. Wind that changes
4. A hurricane with a lot of rain

In which month is the rainy season in India?

1. January
2. December
3. July
4. February

Move the correct monsoon to the right location

Wet monsoon

Dry monsoon

Which term is associated with companies that have branches all over the world

1. multinationals
2. illiterates
3. informal sector
4. rich

What are economic special zones?

1. Places where they use the euro
2. Area where foreign companies are allowed to establish themselves freely and pay less taxes
3. Area where large multinationals like Apple and Microsoft have their offices
4. Area with a lot of factories

The end! The winner is.....

Assignments

Do the start assignments of chapter 5:

Done?

Start with 5.1