Central and Eastern Asia

Much of what we know about the Silk Road comes from the account of what Italian merchant?

Who won the Nobel Peace Prize for leading the fight for democracy in Myanmar?

What is the fifth largest religion in the world?

Which of these disease outbreaks did NOT originate in Asia?

What country unified in 1975 after a civil war, when its southern capital, Saigon, was seized?

The mujahedeen were freedom fighters in what country?

What ancient trade route linked China and India to the Mediterranean world?

Historically, what is the most reliable passage through the Spin Ghar Mountains?

The Korean War occurred in which decade?

What is the third largest religion in the world?

What is the only country in the world to suffer an attack by nuclear bombs?

Which of these has not ruled Communist North Korea?

Who led the non-violent fight for Indian independence? He was Martin Luther King Jr.'s idol.

TRUE OR FALSE: Some scholars claim that Hinduism is actually a monotheistic religion.

What body of water is south of Taiwan, east of Indochina, and west of the Philippines?

How many people died in the Great Leap Forward?

What is the former name of the country of Myanmar?

What is the highest mountain chain in the world?

How many nuclear bombs were dropped on Japan in World War 2?

What body of water is west of the Korean Peninsula?

What is the barren, largely frozen region of eastern Russia called?

Most sacred texts of Hinduism were written in what ancient language of the Indian subcontinent?

What river is sacred to Hindus, and recently received legal status equal to that of a person?

What river forms the border between China and North Korea?

Which of these rivers was NOT home to some of the world's earliest civilization?

What Uzbek chief built a large but short-lived empire? He is a folk hero of the post-Soviet era

Who is the current leader of North Korea?

Who occupied Japan for several years following World War 2?

The Aral Sea is along the border of what two countries?

What two countries were liberated by the Indian Independence Bill?

What does the suffix "-stan" mean in Persian?

What is the largest religion in the world?

What was the government of Afghanistan that was driven out by the US invasion in 2001?

Many people claim that you can see which structure from space?

What major city is found near the mouth of the Yangtze River?

In what event did Chairman Mao aim to outdo Great Britain in productivity?

What is the term for the Hindu concept of actions determining consequences?

Who was the original leader of Communist China?

Tibet's people are primarily followers of what religion?

35% of China's population lives near the country's longest river, which is what?

India gained its independence from what country? India had been called the Jewel of its empire

China and which other country have populations of over 1 billion people?

Islamabad is the capital of what country that's basically the eastern end of the Islamic world?

Which of these countries is completely covered by the Himalayan Mountains?

What country has the largest Muslim population in the world?

Who was the founder of Communist North Korea?

Which body of water used to be the 4th largest lake in the world until it dried up?

The Taj Mahal can be found in what country?

From 1979-2011, what country produced the most refugees in the world?

What is the largest desert in Asia, found in China and Mongolia?

The Mongols founded which dynasty of China?

What is the largest (in area) of the -stan countries of Central Asia?

A shogunate was a military state in which country?

What is the second largest religion in the world?

Which Chinese dynasty expelled the Mongols?

Mao wanted to out-produce the British in what resource?

Who forced Japan to open itself up to foreign merchants in 1852?

Which body of water separates Central Asia from the Caucasus?

Which of these men created Buddhism?

What Mongol conqueror of China did Marco Polo do business with on the Silk Road?

Because of its frequent flooding, what river is known as "China's Sorrow"?

Why was Gandhi assassinated?

In what year did the Communists take over China?

Who is the spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhists?

Mao attempted to reassert control of the Communist Party in what event?

What body of water is between Korea and Taiwan?

Which of these gained independence from the United States in 1946?

What territory has been fought over by India and Pakistan? It is claimed by both countries.

The release of the soul is known as moksha in Hinduism. What is the term for it in Buddhism?

What is the name of the semi-autonomous region in the southwest of China?

Who was the founder of the world's largest empire in history?

Which capital city is the most populous in the world?

What group in China tried to violently expel foreigners in the late 1800s?

What is the largest and longest river in Indochina?

Which of these countries is the least-densely populated?

What word, taken from the name of a Muslim empire, means "a successful businessperson"?

Which of these is not considered a sacred text of Hinduism?

What was the main cause of the Aral Sea drying up?

What religion preaches following the Middle Way to enlightenment?

What year did the Soviet Union invade Afghanistan?

What is the Hindu term for proper behavior?

What former leader of China fled to Taiwan when the Communists came to power?

What body of water separates Japan from Korea?

The "One China" policy debate concerns the status of which Chinese province?

What semi-autonomous region of western China has a large concentration of Buddhists?

What was the name of the Hindu states that rivaled the Mughal Empire for control of India?

What was the collection of Mao's sayings, which were published by Lin Biao?

Which leader took China through drastic economic reforms in the 1980s?

Who was the founder of the Mughal Empire?

What is the fourth largest religion in the world?

What country has the fastest-growing GDP in the world?

Which major world religion follows the 5 K’s, including Kesh (unshorn hair)?

What Asian state is only recognized as independent by 22 other countries?

What body of water is directly east of India?

What country has the largest population?