Asia Flashcards
Highest place on earth
Mount Everest
Largest continent on earth
Asia
Where is Mount Everest
On the Nepal-Tibet border
Two most populous countries on earth
India and China
Large desert in China and Mongolia
Gobi Desert
Highest mountain in Japan
Mount Fuji
Basic unit of Japanese currency
Yen
Two largest cities in China
Beijing and Shanghai
Island that lies off the southern tip of India
Sri Lanka
Lowest place on Earth
The Dead Sea
Where is the Dead Sea?
Between Israel and Jordan
largest sea in Asia
The South China Sea
Warmest ocean in the world
Indian Ocean
Largest peninsula in the world
Arabia
World’s deepest fresh water lake
Lake Baikal in southern Siberia
World’s largest archipelago
Indonesia
World’s largest inland sea
Caspian Sea
World’s longest wall
Great Wall of China
Monsoon
A wind that originates from the Indian Ocean and southern Asia. From April to October it blows from the southwest and brings heavy rains. The rest of the year it blows from the northeast.
Tundra
Large treeless plain in the arctic regions
Alluvial plain
Land formed from. Sediment left by flood water as it recedes back into its banks
Valley
Lowland between hills or mountains
Archipelago
Group of islands
Three great fertile river valleys which were home to three important ancient civilizations.
Tigris-Euphrates Valley, Indus Valley, Yangtze Valley
