CCD   Geography 105 - World Regional Geography


Locations Handout  Chapter 7 South Asia

For the map quiz on South Asia, on an outline map, you should be able to locate:

A. Regions: 

Afghanistan India Nepal Kashmir Goa
Bangladesh Pakistan Maldives   Punjab Andaman Is.
Bhutan Sri Lanka Jammu Tibet (Xizang) Nicobar Is.
 

B. Urban Regions  On a map, showing cities as dots, you should be able to locate:

Bangalore, India Delhi-New Delhi Karachi, Pakistan Lahore, Pakistan
Bhopal, India Dhaka, Bangladesh Katmandu, Nepal Mumbai (Bombay)
Chennai (Madras) Hyderbad, India Kolkata (Calcutta) Srinagar, Kashmir
Colombo, Sri Lanka Mohenjo-Daro (ruins) Harappa (ruins) Peshawar, Pakistan

C. Mountains, Basins and Plateaus:  

Hindu Kush Mountains Eastern Ghats Karakoram Range Thar Desert
Himalayan Mountains Western Ghats Deccan Plateau Vindhya Ra (mountains)
 

D. Capes, Bays, Gulfs, Lakes, Oceans, and Seas: 

Arabian Sea, Bay of Bengal, Indian Ocean

E. Rivers, Straits, and Waterways: (for rivers, be able to locate their mouths and know which way they flow).

Indus River, Ganges River, Brahmaputra River, Narmada River