Test 2 (Chapter 2) Flashcards
1
Q
Z
A
Tokyo
2
Q
Asia Minor
A
X
3
Q
Korean Peninsula
A
N
4
Q
What two mountain ranges divide Europe from Asia?
A
Ural and Caucasus
5
Q
Because India’s main religion, ____, forbids the slaughter of cattle, India has abundant livestock but is one of the poorest countries in the world.
A
Hinduism
6
Q
Afghanistan
A
M
7
Q
Iraq
A
F
8
Q
V
A
Beijing
9
Q
F
A
Caspian Sea
10
Q
Tokyo
A
Z
11
Q
China
A
S
12
Q
R
A
Mekong River
13
Q
DD
A
Vietnam
14
Q
Caspian Sea
A
F
15
Q
D
A
Arabian Sea
16
Q
China’s two most important rivers
A
Huang He and Yangtze
17
Q
Cyprus
A
E
18
Q
O
A
Bering Strait
19
Q
The world’s most populous country, ___ has a population of over 1 billion.
A
China
20
Q
Seoul
A
BB
21
Q
Both Arabs and Jews are descendants of the biblical patriarch ___.
A
Abraham
22
Q
Name 3 countries in the Indian subcontinent.
A
Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan
23
Q
X
A
Asia Minor
24
Q
C
A
Red Sea
25
S
China
26
Indochina
T
27
Malaysia
FF
28
Tibet
L
29
Red Sea
C
30
I
Riyadh
31
What modern empire controlled Central Asia for most of the 20th century?
Soviet Union
32
FF
Malaysia
33
Jerusalem
D
34
Ural Mountains
G
35
E
Cyprus
36
the highest point in Japan
Mt. Fuji
37
Beijing
V
38
What area is called the "Crossroads of the Ancient World"?
Middle East
39
W
New Guinea
40
Mekong River
R
41
Y
Japan
42
Brunei, Indonesia, and Malaysia occupy the island of ___.
Borneo
43
South China Sea
U
44
What island provided refuge for the Chinese Nationalists after the Chinese Revolution?
Taiwan
45
India
R
46
Y
Gobi Desert
47
G
Ural Mountains
48
BB
Seoul
49
Bangladesh
EE
50
M
Afghanistan
51
L
Tibet
52
T
Indochina
53
S
Indian Ocean
54
Japan
Y
55
N
Korean Peninsula
56
G
Baghdad
57
Gobi Desert
Y
58
Bering Strait
O
59
Ganges River
H
60
North and South Korea were divided along the ___ parallel.
38th
61
What is the only country in Asia where Catholicism is the majority religion
the Philippines
62
What is the earth's largest and highest mountain range?
Himalayas
63
Riyadh
I
64
What is the full name of the militant organization that uses terrorism to demand land for an independent Palestinian state?
Palestine Liberation Organization
65
New Guinea
W
66
What is the world's longest fortification?
Great Wall of China
67
___ provides the major source of income for many major Middle Eastern countries.
Oil
68
In what year was the modern state of Israel created?
1948
69
Muslims regard what two Saudi Arabian cities as holy?
Mecca and Medina
70
Japan's largest island
Honshu
71
EE
Bangladesh
72
The worlds highest point on land
Mt. Everest
73
The Amu Darya and the Syr Darya are the two principal rivers of ___.
Central Asia
74
U
South China Sea
75
D
Jerusalem
76
Vietnam
DD
77
F
Iraq
78
Where is the lowest point on land?
Dead Sea
79
H
Ganges River
80
Baghdad
G
81
Arabian Sea
D
82
What man-made body of water separates Asia from AFrica?
Suez Canal
83
R
India
84
Indian Ocean
S
