Asia Test Chapter 2

Question 1

Highest peak

Answer 1

Mt. Everest

Question 2

World’s Highest Plateau

Answer 2

Tibet

Question 3

World’s Largest Peninsula

Answer 3

Arabian Peninsula

Question 4

Coldest desert besides Antarctica

Answer 4

Gobi Desert

Question 5

Largest city in the world

Answer 5

Tokyo, Japan

Question 6

Largest continent in size and population

Answer 6

Asia

Question 7

Lowest point on earth (on a continent)

Answer 7

Dead Sea

Question 8

Most populous country in the world

Answer 8

China

Question 9

Second most populous country in the world

Answer 9

India

Question 10

Highest mountain range in the world

Answer 10

Himalayas

Question 11

Man-made body of water separating Asia from Africa

Answer 11

Suez Canal

Question 12

Two mountain ranges that separate Europe from Asia

Answer 12

Ural Mountains, Caucasus Mountains

Question 13

Countries located on the Indian subcontinent

Answer 13

India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, and Maldives

Question 14

Countries in the Fertile Crescent

Answer 14

Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, and Iraq

Question 15

Modern day country created in 1948 for Jews

Answer 15

Israel

Question 16

3 countries under Soviet communistic (Russian) rule

Answer 16

Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan

Question 17

Countries in French Indochina

Answer 17

Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia

Question 18

Strait between Asia and North America

Answer 18

Bering Strait

Question 19

Sea between Africa and Asia

Answer 19

Red Sea

Question 20

Sea south of Saudia Arabia

Answer 20

Arabian Sea

Question 21

Country off the northern coast of Australia

Answer 21

Indonesia

Question 22

Main religion of the Middle East

Answer 22

Muslim/Islam

Question 23

Country w/the largest Muslim population in the world

Answer 23

Indonesia

Question 24

Main export of the Middle East

Answer 24

Oil

Question 25

Man who wrote a book that inspired Columbus to sail west to get to the East Indies

Answer 25

Marco Polo

Question 26

Full name of the militant organization that uses terror to demand land for an independent Palestinian state

Answer 26

Palestine Liberation Organization

Question 27

Country under the strict caste system

Answer 27

India

Question 28

Only country with Roman Catholicism as main religion

Answer 28

The Philippines

Question 29

Country with more livestock than any other country in the world

Answer 29

India