Asia

Question 1

Which rivers did the Sumerian, Assyrian, and Babylonian civilzations begin on?

Answer 1

Tigris
Euphrates

Question 2

Which rivers did China’s acient civilization begin on?

Answer 2

Huang He
Yangtze

Question 3

Wich are part of the Southwest Asia

Answer 3

Armenia
Azerbaijan
Georgia
Iraq
Isreal
Syria
Turkey

Question 4

Mouth Everest is the ______ mountian

Answer 4

Everst

Question 5

Which desert covers northern China and a large protion of Mongolia

Answer 5

Gobi

Question 6

Asia is the ______ largest continent in the world

Answer 6

First

Question 7

The _____ Montains form the southern edge of the Plateau of Tibet, and the ________ Mountains form the northern edge

Answer 7

Kunlun
Himalayan

Question 8

Several of Asia’s mountain ranges branch out in all directions from a region in Central Asia known as waht?

Answer 8

Pamir Knot

Question 9

What was the secret agreement made during WWI that divided the Ottoman Empire between France and ENglnad?

Answer 9

Sykes-Picot Agreement

Question 10

The Muslim nation ________ was formed at the time of India’s independece

Answer 10

Pakistan

Question 11

What new nation was created when India was partioned by the British

Answer 11

Pakistan

Question 12

The taliban is a terrorist organization located where?

Answer 12

Afghanistan

Question 13

Which South Asian nation has becoming the fastest growing nation?

Answer 13

India

Question 14

Which of the following was only Southeast Asian nation to be communist buring the COld War?

Answer 14

Afghanistan

Question 15

Pol Pot was the leader of with communist group?

Answer 15

Khmer Rouge

Question 16

In the 19th century, Myanmar became a colonial possession of whihc European power?

Answer 16

England

Question 17

Which Southeast Asian nations were colonized by the French?

Answer 17

Vietnam
Laos
Cambodia

Question 18

Why did such a large number of people leave Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia after the Vietnam War?

Answer 18

They feared persecution from new regimes.

Question 19

Afghanistan

Answer 19

the Taliban siezed control in 1996

Question 20

Kuwait

Answer 20

Was invaded and occupied by Iraq in 1990

Question 21

Philippines

Answer 21

Fernindand Marcos ruled from 1965 to 1986

Question 22

ISreal

Answer 22

a jewish nation int he middle east

Question 23

Iran

Answer 23

A mob seized the US embassy in 1979

Question 24

Myanmar

Answer 24

Augng San Suu Kyi led a pro-democracy movement

Question 25

Sri Lanka

Answer 25

Sinhalesse-dominated governmetn fought the Tamil insurgents