Geography Asia

Question 1

Asia also known as

Answer 1

Continent of heterogeneity | Home of the man

Question 2

Asia land mass

Answer 2

44 million sq km

Question 3

Latitude location ———

Answer 3

North: 81 degrees (78)
South: 10 degrees

Question 4

Longitude location |

Answer 4

East: 25 degrees
West: 170 degrees

Question 5

Asia makes up ___ percent of world’s land mass

Answer 5

29.92 percent

Question 6

Asia surrounded by

Answer 6

East: Pacific Ocean
South: Indian ocean
North: Arctic ocean
West: Europe

Question 7

Asia size (E, W, N, S)

Answer 7

North to South: 8600 km
East to west : 9600 km

Question 8

World’s ___ percent population lives in Asia

Answer 8

60 percent

Question 9

Land connection asia and north America

Answer 9

Bering Strait

Question 10

Dry grassy plain found along Europe and Asia

Answer 10

Eurasian Steppes ( eastern europe, along top of central asia and china into Mongolia)

Question 11

Asia’s (one of the world’s) coldest places

Answer 11

Verkhoyansk (Russia) (-37 degrees)

Question 12

Deepest lake in the world

Answer 12

Lake Baikal (Siberia, Russia)

Question 13

Countries that fall both in Europe and Asia

Answer 13

Turkey
Russia
Georgia
Azerbaijan
Kazakhstan

Question 14

Asia and europe connected by ___ mountains

Answer 14

Ural mountains
Caucasus mountains

Question 15

World’s largest and tallest plateau

Answer 15

Tibet’s Pamir Plateau (5000 meters)

Question 16

Roof of the world

Answer 16

Tibet’s Pamir Plateau

Question 17

World’s deepest gorge

Answer 17

Kaligandaki gorge (depth 5,571 m) in the Annapurna Himalayan Range

Question 18

World’s deepest valley

Answer 18

Brahmaputra valley (Yarlung Tsangpo Grand Canyon) (5500 m)
Arun Valley -2000 m deep

Question 19

World’s largest population

Answer 19

India
China
USA

Question 20

Country in asia wity most languages spoken

Answer 20

India (450 or more languages)

Question 21

Lowest point on Earth

Answer 21

Dead Sea (between Israel and Jordan)

Question 22

Rains the most/ wettest spot in the world

Answer 22

Cherrapunji / Mawsynram (Meghalaya, India)

Question 23

Sea between Asia and Africa

Answer 23

Red Sea

Question 24

Connection between Asia and Africa

Answer 24

Isthmus of Suez (also separates the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea)

Question 25

Sea between Asia and North America

Answer 25

Bering Sea

Question 26

Longest glacier in the world (outside of polar region)

Answer 26

Fedchenko glacier in Tajikstan (77 km long)

Question 27

Second longest glacier (outside polar region)

Answer 27

Siachen glacier ( Karakoram range of Himalayas) 75 km long

Question 28

World’s biggest lake

Answer 28

Caspian sea (central Asia) 386,000 sq km

Question 29

Caspian Sea surrondings

Answer 29

Russia, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Iran, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan

Question 30

Major rivers in Asia

Answer 30

Huang He (Yellow river) , Brahmaputra, Ganges, Indus, Yangtze, Mekong

Question 31

Biggest country in asia

Answer 31

Russia China India Kazakhstan Saudi Arabia

Question 32

Pearl of the Indian Ocean

Answer 32

Sri Lanka

Question 33

Old name of Vietnam

Answer 33

Champa ( from 2nd to 17th century) Annam

Question 34

Mount Everest height

Answer 34

8,849 m

Question 35

Number of countries in Asia

Answer 35

48

Question 36

Smallest country in Asia

Answer 36

Maldives