Geography Chapter 2

Question 1

what separates Egypt from Asia

Answer 1

Suez Canal

Question 2

highest point on earth

Answer 2

mt everest

Question 3

highest plateau

Answer 3

plateau of tibet

Question 4

most important river in the western portion of the fertile crescent

Answer 4

Jordan

Question 5

historians called the region of the Middle East this

Answer 5

crossroads of the ancient world

Question 6

what marks the beginning of nations

Answer 6

the dispersion

Question 7

what year did the modern state of Israel become official

Answer 7

1948

Question 8

what is the root of the conflict in the middle east

Answer 8

common ancestry of Isaac and Ishmael

Question 9

communal society

Answer 9

kibbutz

Question 10

capital of Israel as recognized by foreign nations

Answer 10

Tel Aviv

Question 11

how ere the great seafaring merchants of Lebanon

Answer 11

phonecians

Question 11

who was the OG leader of the PLO

Answer 11

yasser Arafat

Question 12

Jordans only access to the ocean

Answer 12

port of Aqaba

Question 13

capital of syria

Answer 13

Damascus

Question 14

capital of Iraq

Answer 14

bagdad

Question 15

Iraqi dictator who invaded Kuwait

Answer 15

suddam hussein

Question 16

leader of al qaeda

Answer 16

osama bin laden

Question 17

2 holy cities in Saudi Arabia

Answer 17

Mecca and Medina

Question 18

2 key straights connecting the Black Sea to the Mediterranean sea

Answer 18

bosporus and the dardanelles

Question 19

where we disciples fist called christians

Answer 19

Antioch

Question 20

what was Iran know as before ww1

Answer 20

Persia

Question 21

what was the name of the cathedral built in Turkey

Answer 21

Hagia Sophia

Question 22

2nd largest producer of oil

Answer 22

iran

Question 22

leader on Iran who reinstitute islamic law

Answer 22

ayatollah khomeini

Question 23

central asian country never annexed by the ussr

Answer 23

Afghanistan

Question 24

2 principal rivers, amu Darya and syr darya , were in what region

Answer 24

Central Asia

Question 25

country used as a nuke testing site for the ussr

Answer 25

kazakhastan

Question 26

central Asia's most densely populated region located in Uzbekistan

Answer 26

the fergana valley

Question 27

three main rivers of the subcontinent

Answer 27

indus, ganges, brahmaputra

Question 28

indias oldest religion

Answer 28

Hinduism

Question 29

strict division of social classes

Answer 29

caste system

Question 30

father of modern missions

Answer 30

William carey

Question 31

religion in pakistan

Answer 31

islam

Question 32

capital of Pakistan

Answer 32

islamabad

Question 33

country mt Everest in located in

Answer 33

nepal

Question 34

coldest desert

Answer 34

gobi

Question 35

the roof of the world

Answer 35

plateau of tibet

Question 36

most barren wasteland

Answer 36

taklimakan

Question 37

2 most important rivers in china

Answer 37

Yangtze and the Huang he

Question 38

Taiwan was formally known as

Answer 38

Formosa

Question 39

dynasty that built the Great Wall of china

Answer 39

ch'in

Question 39

largest continental empire in the world

Answer 39

Mongolia

Question 40

what linked china and Rome during the Han dynasty

Answer 40

great Silk Road

Question 41

most populous nation in the world

Answer 41

china

Question 42

who established a communist dictatorship in china

Answer 42

mao tse-tung

Question 43

led the nationalists to the island of Taiwan

Answer 43

general Chiang kaishek

Question 44

capital of Taiwan

Answer 44

taipei

Question 45

oldest religion in Japan

Answer 45

shinto

Question 46

japans largest island

Answer 46

Honshu

Question 47

largest city in population

Answer 47

tokyo

Question 48

Korea is divided along what parallel

Answer 48

38th parallel

Question 49

which Korea is communist

Answer 49

North Korea

Question 50

capital of South Korea

Answer 50

seoul

Question 51

father of American foreign mission

Answer 51

adoniram judson

Question 52

father of faith missions

Answer 52

j Hudson Taylor

Question 53

country formally known as Burma

Answer 53

myanmar

Question 54

country formally known as siam

Answer 54

thailand

Question 55

all 3 countries considered French Indochina

Answer 55

Vietnam, laos, cambodia

Question 56

capital of Malaysia

Answer 56

Kuala lampur

Question 57

only Asian country where catholicism is the majority religion

Answer 57

the Philippines