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World Geography - Asia Flashcards

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Formerly known as Bombay what is the most populous city in India?

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MUMBAI

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Which country is home to eight of the world’s ten tallest mountains and is bordered by China and India?

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NEPAL

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The shopping mall in which city in the United Arab Emirates is the largest mall in the world by total area?

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DUBAI

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The Forbidden City was a Chinese imperial palace and is located in the centre of which city?

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BEIJING

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Which temple complex which appears on the flag of Cambodia was built by the Khmer King Suryavarman II and is the largest religious monument in the world?

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ANGKOR WAT

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The name of which city which since 1997 has been a special administrative region of China means “Fragrant Harbour” in Chinese?

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HONG KONG

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Which is the only nation with both a Red Sea coast and a Persian Gulf coast?

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SAUDI ARABIA

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Which city is the largest and most populous city in Pakistan and is also the financial and industrial centre of the country?

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KARACHI

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Baghdad is located along which river?

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TIGRIS

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The capital of the ancient kingdom of Nabataea which city in Jordan is known as “a rose-red city half as old as time”?

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PETRA

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In 2009 the government of which country which has the lowest natural highest point in the world at 2.4 m held a cabinet meeting underwater to highlight the threat of global warming?

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MALDIVES

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The world’s largest power station in terms of installed capacity the Three Gorges Dam spans which river in China?

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YANGTZE

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Which twin skyscrapers in Kuala Lumpur were the tallest buildings in the world from 1998 to 2004?

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PETRONAS TOWERS

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Singapore was founded in 1819 by which British statesman as a trading post of the East India Company?

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STAMFORD RAFFLES

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Which Indonesian island is the most populous island on Earth?

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JAVA

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In which country were the Buddhas of Bamiyan two 6th century monumental statues of standing buddha carved into the side of a cliff which were destroyed in 2001 by the Taliban?

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AFGHANISTAN

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Bridge of No Return which was used for prisoner exchanges crosses the Military Demarcation Line between which two countries?

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NORTH KOREA AND SOUTH KOREA

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What is the name of the largest island in the Philippines which is home to Manila and Quezon City?

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LUZON

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Temple of the Tooth is a temple in Sri Lanka which houses the relic of the tooth of the founder of which religion?

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BUDDHISM

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White City refers to a collection of over 5000 buildings built in a unique form of the Bauhaus or International Style in which city in Israel?

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TEL AVIV

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Which building in Tibet was the chief residence of the Dalai Lama until 1959?

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POTALA PALACE

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Patong is the main tourist resort on which island the largest in Thailand?

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PHUKET

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Between 1964 and 1973 the U.S. dropped two million tons of bombs on which country making it the most heavily bombed country in history relative to the size of its population?

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LAOS

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What is the third-highest mountain in the world whose name means “The Five Treasures of Snows”?

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KANGCHENJUNGA

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King Fahd Causeway is a series of bridges and causeways connecting Saudi Arabia and which other country?

A

BAHRAIN

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What is the national airline of Indonesia which is named after a mystical giant bird of Hinduism and Buddhist mythology?

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GARUDA

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Jhelum Chenab Ravi Sutlej and Beas are the five rivers which give their name to which region of India?

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PUNJAB

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What is Iran’s third most populous city which was the capital of Persia in the 16th century under the Safavid dynasty?

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ISFAHAN

29
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Prospering from its location on the Silk Road to become one of the greatest cities of Central Asia what is the second-largest city in Uzbekistan?

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SAMARKAND

30
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Nagasaki is located on which of the four main islands of Japan?

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KYUSHU

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Guangzhou also known by an older English-language name Canton lies on which river?

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PEARL RIVER

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Since the 17th century the official name of which country has been Druk yul (or the “Land of the Thunder Dragon”)?

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BHUTAN

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Which narrow stretch of water lies between the Malay Peninsula and the island of Sumatra?

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STRAIT OF MALACCA

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Stretching for over 4500 km China’s longest border is with which country?

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MONGOLIA

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What is the name of the strait between Honshu and Hokkaido which connects the Sea of Japan with the Pacific Ocean?

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TSUGARU STRAIT

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Which group of over 1200 islands in Indonesia was also the historical core of the Spice Islands?

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MOLUCCAS (OR MALUKU)

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The mountainous region of the Tian Shan covers over 80% of which country?

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KYRGYZSTAN

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Which natural region comprising southern Bangladesh and a part of the Indian state of West Bengal is the largest single block of tidal halophytic mangrove forest in the world?

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SUNDARBANS

39
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Apart from its coastline with the South China Sea Brunei is completely surrounded by which state of Malaysia?

A

SARAWAK

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One of China’s four direct-controlled municipalities which city in south west China has a population (as of 2015) of 30 million with an urban population of 18 million people?

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CHONGQING

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Which fertile valley in eastern Lebanon is home to many vineyards and wineries?

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BEQAA VALLEY

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Opened in 1994 Kansai International Airport is located on an artificial island in the middle of which Japanese bay?

A

OSAKA

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Which railway station in Tokyo which has 36 platforms is the busiest station in the world?

A

SHINJUKU

44
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Ismoil Somoni Peak the highest mountain in Tajikistan was known by what name from 1962 until 1998?

A

COMMUNISM PEAK

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What is the name of the narrow strip of territory in Afghanistan that extends to China and separates Tajikistan from Pakistan?

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WAKHAN CORRIDOR

46
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The Taj Mahal in Agra lies on the south bank of which river?

A

YAMUNA

47
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In 2014 Telangana was separated from which other state to become a new state of India?

A

ANDHRA PRADESH

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Designed by Foster & Partners what is the name of the planned city in Abu Dhabi which will rely entirely on solar energy and other renewable energy sources?

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MASDAR

49
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Which mountain on the island of Borneo is the highest mountain in the Malay Archipelago?

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KINABALU

50
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Which glacier in the Karakoram range is the highest battleground on Earth where Pakistan and India have fought intermittently since 1984?

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SIACHEN

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