Test Flashcards

1
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Asia is the worlds largest what

A

Continent

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2
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How many people live in Asia

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4 billion

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3
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Where do the 4 billion people in Asia live

A

South east and southwest

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4
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What does the continent have

A

Deserts

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5
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What does the continent have

A

Peninsulas

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6
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What does the continent have

A

Worlds highest mountains

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7
Q

The Ganges river starts where

A

The Himalayas

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8
Q

What does the Ganges rivers name come from

A

A Hindu goddess

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9
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What is the Ganges river considered

A

Sacred to the Hindu religion

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10
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The Ganges river is what

A

The most important river to the Indian subcontinent

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11
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Where does the Ganges river run through

A

India’s most fertile land

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12
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Because so many people work by the Ganges river what happened to it

A

It is heavily polluted

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13
Q

What is Huang He rivers nickname

A

The yellow river

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14
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What is the yellow rivers actual name

A

Huang He

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15
Q

Huang He is the what longest

A

2nd longest river

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16
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Chinese civilization began where

A

Central area of the yellow river

17
Q

What is the river named for

A

The yellow silt that it carries along in the river

18
Q

What happens to the yellow river a lot

A

It floods

19
Q

What is the yellow rivers second nickname

A

China’s Sorrow because it floods

20
Q

Chang Jiang river begins where

A

The Tibetan plateau

21
Q

Chang Jiang is what

A

Largest and longest river in China

22
Q

The Chang Jiang empties where

A

Pacific Ocean

23
Q

Why is Ching Jiang important

A

It provides hydroelectric power for China

24
Q

What is it Ching Jiang connected by

A

One of the oldest canal systems

25
Q

Some part of the canal system was built how long ago

A

2000 years ago