Lesson 1 Activity 5

GEOGRAPHY

5. First look at the India map and identify the states/provinces and capital cities then repeat the names after the speaker.

The states and their capitals

The Southern States:

STATES	CAPITALS
Kerala	Thiruvananthapuram
Tamilnadu	Channai(Madras)
Karnataka	Bangalore
Andhra Pradesh	Hyderabad
Orissa	Bhuvaneshwar
Maharashtra	Mumbai (Bombay)
Goa	Panaji
The Northern States:
Madhya Pradesh	Bhopal
Gujarat	Gandhinagar
Bihar	Patna
Chattisgarh	Raipur
Jharkhand	Ranchi
Uttar Pradesh	Lucknow
Uttaranchal	Dehradun
Rajasthan	Jaipur
Harayana	Chandigarh(Union Territory)
Punjab	Chandigarh(Union Territory)
Himachal Pradesh	Shimla
Jammu & Kashmir	Srinagar
The North-Eastern States:
Assam	Gauhati
Manipur	Imphal
Nagaland	Kohima
Mizoram	Aizawl
Arunachal Pradesh	Itanagar
West Bengal	Kolkata (Calcutta)
Sikkim	Gangtok
Meghalaya	Shillong
Tripura	Agartala
Union Territories
Delhi
Daman&Diu
Dadra&Nagar Haveli
Chandigarh
Andaman& Nicobar
Lakshadweep
Pondicherry

Answer the following questions by re-listening to the personal introductions and studying the map. Check your work with the answer key.

What is the capital of India?

Which states border the Arabian Sea?

Which states border the Bay of Bengal?

Which states border Maharashtra?

What states will John Bentler travel through, from Mysore, to reach Jammu & Kashmir?