Asia Flashcards
What Continents Border Asia?
Europe and Australia (between islands - India and Papa New Guinea are connected).
What oceans border Asia?
Arctic ocean, Pacific ocean, And Indian Ocean.
Why Is Europe a seperate continent?
The Ancient Greeks Didn’t know much about the world to the east of Greece, So they called the general area “Asia”, which means east in Greece.
What is The largest continent?
Asia.
How many countries are in Asia?
49
Which religions originated in Asia?
Judaism, Christianity, and Islam began in the middle east
Hinduism and Buddhism began in India
Basically all the major religions!
What was the silk road?
A network of trade routes between Asia and Europe.
Why does The Silk Road have its name?
Silk was the main thing traded
What was traded along The Silk Road?
Silk, porcelain, spices, dates, jewels, and perfumes.
Why did the silk road end?
Rulers in turkey banned the silk road banned trade from the west because they were angry about crusades.
What did Europe do after the Silk Road ended?
Europe looked for sea routes to Asia so they could trade buy resources. There were many battles over trade in Europe.
What did Europe and other countries that traded with Asia do to the countries they traded with?
They took control of many countries and turned them into colonies. China was not colonised, but two of its trading posts were. Later, they were given independence.
How many people live in Asia?
4.3 Billion People - 60% of people live in Asia.
Ethnic Groups in Asia.
There are thousands of different Ethnic Groups.
Languages.
There are thousands of languages in Asia, some not very widely used.
Define Plateau.
An area of fairly flat high land.
What is the largest mountain range and the tallest mountain, also part of this mountain range.
The Himalayas, Mount everest.
What landform is north of The Himalayas?
Plateau of Tibet
What are Asia’s Biomes? If you can, think of each one’s climate.
Tundra, Taiga, Steppes, Temperate Forest, Cold dessert, Hot dessert, Mountain, Warm moist forest.
Define Biome
A very large area with a similar climate, plants, and animals.
