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Asia Test Chapter 2 Flashcards

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1
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Highest peak

A

Mt. Everest

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World’s Highest Plateau

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Tibet

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World’s Largest Peninsula

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Arabian Peninsula

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Coldest desert besides Antarctica

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Gobi Desert

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Largest city in the world

A

Tokyo, Japan

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Largest continent in size and population

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Asia

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Lowest point on earth (on a continent)

A

Dead Sea

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Most populous country in the world

A

China

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Second most populous country in the world

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India

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Highest mountain range in the world

A

Himalayas

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Man-made body of water separating Asia from Africa

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Suez Canal

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Two mountain ranges that separate Europe from Asia

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Ural Mountains, Caucasus Mountains

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Countries located on the Indian subcontinent

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India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, and Maldives

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Countries in the Fertile Crescent

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Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, and Iraq

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Modern day country created in 1948 for Jews

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Israel

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3 countries under Soviet communistic (Russian) rule

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Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan

17
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Countries in French Indochina

A

Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia

18
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Strait between Asia and North America

A

Bering Strait

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Sea between Africa and Asia

A

Red Sea

20
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Sea south of Saudia Arabia

A

Arabian Sea

21
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Country off the northern coast of Australia

A

Indonesia

22
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Main religion of the Middle East

A

Muslim/Islam

23
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Country w/the largest Muslim population in the world

A

Indonesia

24
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Main export of the Middle East

A

Oil

25
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Man who wrote a book that inspired Columbus to sail west to get to the East Indies

A

Marco Polo

26
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Full name of the militant organization that uses terror to demand land for an independent Palestinian state

A

Palestine Liberation Organization

27
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Country under the strict caste system

A

India

28
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Only country with Roman Catholicism as main religion

A

The Philippines

29
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Country with more livestock than any other country in the world

A

India

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