Unit 8 Test Review Flashcards
Identify Nepal
the five major world religions that originated in Asia
Hinduism, Buddhism, Taoism, Shinto, Confucianism
Identify Burma
Identify Siberia
Identify Afghanistan
Identify the Bering Strait
North Korea
Pyongyang
India
New Delhi
Identify Taiwan
Japan
Tokyo
Laos
Vientiane
Identify the Arabian Sea
Nepal
Kathmandu
a program instituted in China under Mao Zedong meant to eradicate traditional customs and establish a new Communist order
Cultural Revolution
Identify Bangladesh
Identify the East China Sea
country created in 1947 when India gained independence from Britain, as a haven for Muslim Indians
Pakistan
Identify North Korea
identify Bhutan
Identify the Ganges River
Identify Vietnam
a trade route between the West and the East used from the 1st and 2nd centuries A.D. through the Middle Ages.
Silk Road
Identify the Yellow River
a cold desert
Gobi Desert
The Taj Mahal was built by an emporerer of the ___.
Mughal Empire
Cambodia
Phnom Penh
Identify Mongolia
Identify Laos
Identify the Sea of Japan
Identify the Ural Mountains
Identify the Yellow Sea
Identify Mt. Everest
Identify the Indus River
Maldives
Malé
Vietnam
Hanoi
Sri Lanka
Colombo
Identify Ιndia
Identify the Tibetan Plateau
Blangladesh
Dhaka
Identify the Himilayas
Identify Thailand
Pakistan
Islamabad
Mongolia
Ulaanbaatar
Identify South Korea
the world’s highest mountain
Mt. Everest
Identify Mt. Fuji
Identify Sri Lanka
South Korea
Seoul
Bhutan
Thimphu
mountains in Russia that divide the continents of Europe and Asia
Ural
Burma
Naypyidaw
Identify the South China Sea
Identify Russia
Identify Pakistan
Identify Japan
Identify the Gobi Desert
Identify the Mekong River
wars between China and Britain fought during the late 19th century over trade rights between China and Europe
Opium Wars
At its height, the ___ Empire covered almost all of modern-day China and Mongolia, and parts of Indochina, Central Asia, and the Middle East.
Mongol
Identify the Bering Sea
80% of the world’s ___ crop is produced in Asia
rice
Identify Cambodia
Afghanistan
Kabul
Identify Maldives
Identify the Yangtze River
Identify the Bay of Bengal
Identify the Hindu Kush Mtns.
Thailand
Bangkok
The two main rivers of China
Yellow and Yangtze
Identify the Pacific Ocean
Identify China
Identify the Tien Shan Mountans
China
Beijing
the world’s largest mountain range
Himalayas
Identify the Equator
Also known as the “Roof of the World,” the ___ is the least populated region of Asia
Tibetan Plateau
the leader of the Indian Independence movement
Mohandas Ghandi