The Physical Environment

Question 1

• There was once a single land mass called

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“EURASIA”.

Question 2

Early geographers divided EURASIA (Euro Asiatic continent) into two parts known to them,

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Europe and Asia.

Question 3

o Europe was the _________, the land of the setting sun.

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“Occident” (West)

Question 4

o Asia as the_______ , the land of the rising sun.

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“Orient” (East)

Question 5

• These geographers have divided Asia into three geographical areas:

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the Near East,
Middle East and
the Far East.

Question 6

principal countries in the Near East,

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China, Japan, Korea, and the Eastern part of Soviet Siberia.Southeast Asian Countries.

Question 7

A continent is a great division of lands in the globe. There are seven continents in the world:

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➢ Asia
➢ North America
➢ South America
➢ Europe
➢ Africa
➢ Australia
➢ Antarctica

Question 8

• Asia is bounded in the _____

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North by the Ural Mountain, the Arctic Ocean up to the Bering Sea.

Question 9

• In the East is the

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Pacific Ocean

Question 10

and in the South by

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Timor Sea, Indian Ocean and Arabian Sea.

Question 11

________ bound the Western part of Asia.

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Ural Mountain

Question 12

• Asia has a total land area of _______ square miles or approximately ________ square kilometers.

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17,000,000/43,608,000

Question 13

THE LARGEST ASIAN COUNTRIES

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✓ China – 9,572,900 square kilometers
✓ India – 3,166,414 square kilometers
✓ Kazakhstan – 2,717,300 square kilometers
✓ Saudi Arabia – 2,240,000 square kilometers

Question 14

• More than one fifth (1/5) of Asia is consists of _____

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plateaus

Question 15

The most extensive is the Pamir Plateau, which is known as the _____

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“Roof of the World”

Question 16

, the world’s highest mountain

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Mt. Everest

Question 17

Mt everest can be found in

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lies North of Nepal and India.

Question 18

• In Japan alone, it has ____ volcanoes and ___ of them are active.

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165/54

Question 19

• is the most famous volcano in Japan.

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Mt. Fuji

Question 20

• In the Philippines it has _______, known for its perfect cone

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Mayon Volcano

Question 21

, the smallest volcano in the world.

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Taal Volcano

Question 22

• In between the ranges of hills or mountains are the _____.

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valleys

Question 23

(Valley)
• In China, they have the

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Huang Ho, Yangtze and Amur.

Question 24

(Valleys)
• In Indo China, they have the famous ______.

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Mekong Delta

Question 25

(Valleys)
• Thailand has ______

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Chao Phraya and Burma, the Irrawady and Salween.

Question 26

(Valleys)
• In the Philippines, they have the _______ located in the northern part of Luzon.

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Cagayan valley

Question 27

Except for Atlantic Ocean, Asia is surrounded by three great bodies of water:

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➢ Pacific Ocean in East Asia
➢ the Indian Ocean in the South
➢ Arctic Ocean in the North

Question 28

• Aside from these bodies of water, one can find the ______, which is surrounded by Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines.

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South China Sea

Question 29

• The second largest sea in Asia is the _______.

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Mediterranean Sea

Question 30

The Mediterranean divides _____

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Asia, Africa and Europe.

Question 31

• Other seas in Asia are the ________, which is between Asia and North America.

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Bering Sea

Question 32

• The ________ located in the northern part of Japan and eastern part of Russia.

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Okhotsk Sea

Question 33

• In between Turkey and Russia is the ________.

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Black Sea

Question 34

• Between Saudi Arabia and Africa is the _________.

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Red Sea

Question 35

• North of the Red Sea is the _______.

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Suez Canal

Question 36

• The largest river is the .

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Ob of Siberia

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considered as one of the longest rivers in Asia located in China.

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Yan Tze River,

Question 38

• The vastness of the land mass of Asia and the range of its land forms provides for the different ________ in Asia.

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climates

Question 39

• During ________, the northern and central portions of the continent become bitterly cold.

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winter

Question 40

• On the other hand, it becomes extremely dry and hot during _______.

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summer

Question 41

• The _____________ have in general a tropical climate.

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regions in the equator

Question 42

• The _______ plays a major role in the life of the people of southern and eastern Asia

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monsoon wind

Question 43

• In the Indian Ocean, the monsoon wind blow from the southwest from

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May to September

Question 44

and from the northeast from

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November to March.

Question 45

Asia is divided into five regions.

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North Asia
Southwest Asia
South Asia
East Asia
Southeast Asia