Asia And China Y8

Question 1

Three countries in North Asia

Answer 1

One – Russia

Question 2

Name three countries in East Asia

Answer 2

South Korea
Japan
China

Question 3

Name three countries in Southeast Asia

Answer 3

Thailand
Indonesia
The Philippines

Question 4

Name three countries in South Asia

Answer 4

India
Bangladesh
Maldives

Question 5

Name three countries in Central Asia 

Answer 5

Kazakhstan
Iran
Afghanistan

Question 6

Name Three countries in the Middle East

Answer 6

Turkey
Saudi Arabia
Yemen

Question 7

What happened in 3000 BC

Answer 7

The Indus Valley civilisation evolves in what is now Pakistan

Question 8

How long did the into Indus civilisation last

Answer 8

2000 years

Question 9

What happened 5000 years ago

Answer 9

Indus Valley civilisation evolved into what is now Pakistan

Question 10

What happened in 2000BC

Answer 10

4000 years ago Hinduism develops in India, at the same time that Judaism is developing in the eastern Mediterranean

Question 11

What happened 2500 years ago

Answer 11

Buddhism develops in India

Question 12

What Happens in 100BC

Answer 12

The silk Road trade route is established. This is a network of roads running from China, through Central Asia, to the Mediterranean. It is used to transport valuable commodities from the east – silk, spices, tea, perfume, porcelain- to Europe markets

Question 13

What happened at 0AD

Answer 13

Christianity develops in the Middle East

Question 14

What happened to 600AD

Answer 14

Islam develops in Saudi Arabia

Question 15

What happened in 1206-1358

Answer 15

Genghis Khan Creates the Mongol empire – the largest continuous land empire the world has ever seen. Khan, and his fearsome armies of nomadic , mounted warriors, conquer lands stretching from the shores of the Pacific Ocean in China to Central Europe. The empire lasted for 160 years.

Question 16

When was the Mongol empire created

Answer 16

1206-1358

Question 17

Who created the Mongol empire ?

Answer 17

Genghis Khan

Question 18

How long did the Mongol empire last

Answer 18

160 years

Question 19

What happened in 1453

Answer 19

The end of the silk Road trade route. Rulers in Turkey , angry at European crusaders, refuse to let any trade through to the Mediterranean.

Question 20

What happened in the late 1400’s

Answer 20

Sikhism develops in northern India

Question 21

What happened after Sikhism develops in the late 1400s

Answer 21

Unable to trade with Asia by land since the closure of the Silk-road, European countries established see trading routes to the east

Question 22

What happens in 1555?

Answer 22

The Mughal empire is established in India. It lasts for 300 years, until the British Army overthrows the emperors.

Question 23

What happened in the 1840’s

Answer 23

The opium wars: Britain defeated China in two wars , and forced them to import opium and other products grown in the British Empire

Question 24

What happened in 1857

Answer 24

The British Army depose the Mughal emperors; India becomes part of the British Empire

Question 25

What happened early 20th century

Answer 25

Large parts of south and south east Asia became colonies of European power

Question 26

What happened in 1947

Answer 26

India gained independence from the British Empire

Question 27

Five present-day Asian countries that formed part of the Mongol empire in 1279

Answer 27

Russia, China, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Kyrgyzstan

Question 28

Name five major religions that have developed in Asia

Answer 28

Hindu Islam Sikhism Judaism Buddhism

Question 29

Three British Asian colonies

Answer 29

India Pakistan Sri Lanka

Question 30

Name three French Asian colonies

Answer 30

Vietnam Cambodia Laos

Question 31

What is the population of Asia

Answer 31

Asia is the most populous continent is the time to 4.6 billion people

Question 32

Definition of population distribution

Answer 32

Description of how people spread out within an area

Question 33

Definition of population density

Answer 33

A measure of the average number of people per square kilometre in the area

Question 34

Places that Encourages low population density

Answer 34

– The Arabian desert has very high temperatures and low rainfall levels, which made it hard to grow crops in rear livestock -The Himalayan mountains are too steep for building on and the climate is too cold for agriculture -Much of Russia is covered by tundra and taiga(thick coniferous forest) biomes, with extremely cold climates and permafrost. This makes agriculture and other activities very challenging

Question 35

Places in Asia that encourage high population density

Answer 35

- The flat fertile soils of eastern China and Southeast Asia mean that agriculture produces very high crop yields, Supporting large populations -The Pacific coast has lots of port switch in a portrait of the rest of the world and would create lots of jobs – large cities such as Delhi and Mumbai create millions of jobs which attracted large numbers of migrants

Question 36

How long did the Mughal empire last?

Answer 36

3000 years