Asia

Question 1

Name 10 countries in Asia

Answer 1

China, India, Russia, Japan, Vietnam, Afghanistan, Indonesia, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Pakistan

Question 2

What is the largest mountain range in Asia

Answer 2

The Himalayas

Question 3

What is the climate like in Asia

Answer 3

It varies a lot
In the south west it is very dry
In the north it is very cold
In the south east it is very hot and humid

Question 4

Explain how a monsoon forms

Answer 4

In the spring in Asia, the sand gets very hot, causing the air to rise creating low pressure.
The low pressure is filled in by the cold and moist sea air.
The sea air then forms clouds and falls as relief rainfall, as a monsoon.

Question 5

Give an environmental consequence of the 2022 Afghanistan floods

Answer 5

Soil has been washed away from fields

Question 6

Give a social consequence of the 2022 Afghanistan floods

Answer 6

2.1 million were left homeless

Question 7

Give an economic consequence of the 2022 Afghanistan floods

Answer 7

The rebuilding will cost 10% of its GDP

Question 8

What is exponential growth

Answer 8

Growing at an accelerating rate

Question 9

What would a population pyramid for Japan look like

Answer 9

Getting wider near the top
(Ageing)

Question 10

What is the difference between a degraded slope and undisturbed forest slope

Answer 10

On a degraded slope, not as much water goes down into the earth because it isn’t absorbed by trees, meaning that large rivers form and sediment is transported down the mountain.