Test Flashcards
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Asia is the worlds largest what
Continent
How many people live in Asia
4 billion
Where do the 4 billion people in Asia live
South east and southwest
What does the continent have
Deserts
What does the continent have
Peninsulas
What does the continent have
Worlds highest mountains
The Ganges river starts where
The Himalayas
What does the Ganges rivers name come from
A Hindu goddess
What is the Ganges river considered
Sacred to the Hindu religion
The Ganges river is what
The most important river to the Indian subcontinent
Where does the Ganges river run through
India’s most fertile land
Because so many people work by the Ganges river what happened to it
It is heavily polluted
What is Huang He rivers nickname
The yellow river
What is the yellow rivers actual name
Huang He
Huang He is the what longest
2nd longest river
Chinese civilization began where
Central area of the yellow river
What is the river named for
The yellow silt that it carries along in the river
What happens to the yellow river a lot
It floods
What is the yellow rivers second nickname
China’s Sorrow because it floods
Chang Jiang river begins where
The Tibetan plateau
Chang Jiang is what
Largest and longest river in China
The Chang Jiang empties where
Pacific Ocean
Why is Ching Jiang important
It provides hydroelectric power for China
What is it Ching Jiang connected by
One of the oldest canal systems
