Asia

What is the capital of Indonesia?

Jacarta

Which has higher elevations: South Korea or Japan?

Japan

What does "Himalyas" mean in Sanscrit?

"House of Snow"

How much annual rainfall does most of Saudi Arabia have?

0-10 inches

How many people per square mile are in Saudi Arabia?

0-5

How many people per square mile are northern Russia?

0-5

Rank the following countries by greatest to lowest population: (a) India (b) Pakistan (c) Japan (d) Bangladesh (e) China (f) Indonesia

1. China 2. India 3. Indonesia 4. Pakistan 5. Bangladesh 6. Japan

Rank the following in order from tallest to lowest elevation: (a) Ural Mountains (b) Plateau of Tibet (c) West Siberian Plains(d) Zagros Mountains and (e) East Siberian Uplands

1. Plateau of Tibet 2. Zagros Mountains 3. East Siberian Uplands 4. Ural Mountains 5. West Siberian Plains

How much annual rainfall does most of central Russia have?

10-20 inches

How many people per square mile are in western Iran?

100-250

What is Japan's size in square miles?

145,883 square miles

Are the 48 states about 2 times or 20 times larger than Japan?

20 times

How much annual rainfall does western Turkey have?

20-40 inches

How many times larger is India's population than the U.S.?

3.5

Between what two latitudes does the cross-section represent?

36 north, 28 north

How much annual rainfall does northern Japan have?

40-80 inches

How much of the wheat that the Japanese consume is grown in Japan?

5%

How long is the growing season in most of Japan?

6-8 months

What continent is southwest of Asia?

Africa

How long is the growing season in Indonesia?

All year long

What ocean is north of Asia?

Arctic Ocean

What continent is southeast of Asia?

Astralia

What is the capital of Thailand?

Bangkok

What is the capital of China?

Beiging

What is the land use for most of India?

Commercial farming

What are the two land covers for Indochina Peninsula?

Cropland, Tropical Rain Forest

What is the land cover for most of the Arabian Peninsula?

Desert

What is the land use in northwest Iran?

Subsistence farming

Is the North China Plain east or west of the Sichuan Basin?

East

What continent is west of Asia?

Europe

True or false - China and Japan share a border?

False

True or false - India is on the Pacific Ocean?

False

True or false - Moscow, the capital of Russia, is in Asia?

False

True or false - Uzbekistan is on the Caspian Sea?

False

What is the land cove for Severnaya Zemlya at 80 N?

Glacier

What is the land cover for most of Kazakhstan?

Grassland

What is the capital of Vietnam?

Hanoi

What is the worlds highest mountain range?

Himalyas

What is the country between the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal?

India

What ocean is south of Asia?

Indian Ocean

What is Asia's southernmost country?

Indonisia

What is the capital of Philippines?

Manila

What is the landlocked country between China and Russia?

Mongolia

What controls Southern Asia's climate?

Monsoons

What is the capital of India?

New Delhi

What is the land use along the border of China and India?

No widespread use.

What is the land use for most of Russia north of the Arctic Circle?

Nomadic hearding

What ocean is east of Asia?

Pacific Ocean

What is the worlds highest plateau?

Plateau of Tibet

Winter winds from Central Asia keep why kind of clouds away?

Rain clouds

Does most of Indonesia's population live in urban or rural areas?

Rural

What is Asia's northernmost country?

Russia

Which country has the longest average growing season? (a) Iran (b) Saudi Arabia (c) Turkey

Saudi Arabia

Is India larger or smaller than the 48 states in land area?

Smaller

Summer winds bring torrents of wind to Central Asia from where?

The ocean.

The winds in Central Asia do what in summer?

They reverse.

What is the capital of Japan?

Tokyo

What is the land cover for Borneo near the Equator?

Tropical Rain Forest

True or false - Do China and India surround Nepal?

True

True or false - Laos is a landlocked country?

True

True or false - South Korea is between the Yellow Sea and the Sea of Japan?

True

True or false - The Equator crosses Indonesia?

True

True or false I n Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh City is larger than Da Nang?

True

What is the land cover for most of Siberia north of the Arctic Circle?

Tundra

Which of the following land covers cannot be found near the Tropic of Cancer? (a) desert (b) crop lands (c) tundra (d) tropical rain forest

Tundra

What is the country on the Black Sea and the Meditrranean Sea?

Turkey

How long is the growing season in Russia north of the Arctic Circle?

Under 3 months

What is the land use around the Chinese cities of Hong Kong, Shainghai and Beijing?

Urban

What is the S-shaped country on the South China Sea?

Vietnam

Is the Plateau of Iran higher than 1,000 above sea level?

Yes

How many people per square mile are in India?

over 250

How many people per square mile are in eastern China?

over 250

How much annual rainfall does Indonesia have along the Equator?

over 80 inches