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1
The practitioners of this/these religions have holy sites in Israel.
Islam
Christianity
Judaism
All of the above.
2
The 4,000-mile trade route connecting ancient China with the Fertile Crescent in SW Asia
Spice Route or Road
the Silk Route or Road
Gunpowder Route or Road
Incense Route or Road
3
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan are known as the
Soviet Union republics
Central Asian republics
Caucasus republics
Russian republics
4
Capital city of this war-torn country is the oldest continuously lived-in city in the world
Aleppo Syria
Damascus, Syria
Jerusalem, Israel
Ankara, Turkey
5
This country has the highest concentration of hi-tech companies in the world outside of the USA
Israel
Turkey
China
Egypt
6
Hong Kong and Macau are
SAR (Special Administrative Regions) of China
countries bordering China
colonies ruled by China
cities run by Taiwan
7
Sri Lanka lies on an important ocean shipping route between Asia and
Africa
South America
North America
Australia
8
The North Korean government has put aside much of the people's traditional culture in favor of
Communist ways
free enterprise beliefs
Buddism
Confucianism
9
What body of water in Southwest Asia is the saltiest and lowest in the world?
Black Sea
Red Sea
Dead Sea
Mediterranean Sea
10
Although Hindi is the official language of India, people in business and government use
English
Urdu
Punjabi
Chinese
11
The largest peninsula in the world is the
Indochina Peninsula
The Horn of Africa
Deccan (Indian) Peninsula
Arabian Peninsula
12
The Tigris and Euphrates Rivers are the major geographic features of
Afghanistan
Iraq
Oman
Iran
13
What country is made up of more than 13,600 islands?
Sumatra
Java
Indonesia
Singapore
14
South Asia is separated from the rest of Asia by
seas
mountains
oceans
deserts
15
Japan's location on the Pacific Ring of Fire brings all of the following EXCEPT
earthquakes
volcanic eruptions
tsunamis
monsoons
16
The Ganges River begins in the Himalaya and flows through the Ganges Plain to the
The Bay of Bengal
Indian Ocean
Red Sea
Arabian Sea
17
The Korean Peninsula juts out from northern China between the Sea of Japan and the
Yellow Sea
Atlantic Ocean
South China Sea
Pacific Ocean
18
China is the world's third-largest country in
land area
Asia
population
growing rice
19
Istanbul, Turkey's largest city, is the only city in the world located on two
oceans
mountain ranges
continents
peninsulas
20
The clock, printed books, gunpowder, and the magnetic compass were some of China's
early imports
manufactured goods
electronic products
early inventions
21
Large body of water bordering India on the
west
is the
Arabian Sea
Indian Ocean
The Bay of Bengal
Andaman Sea
22
The island nation of Maldives is made up of
Sri Lanka and Colombo
1,200 coral islands
about 200 lagoons
Mali and a larger island
23
How many countries are in Asia?
48
58
28
38
24
A traditional form of Japanese poetry is called
limerick
haiku
calligraphy
sumo
25
The Philippines is a group of
peninsulas
mountains
islands
states
26
South Korea has one of Asia's strongest
armies
governments
navies
economies
27
Which of the following countries is not in the Caucasus, republics that have the Caucasus Mts.
Georgia
Kazakhstan
Azerbaijan
Armenia
28
Many of Indonesia's islands are covered with
volcanic mountains
coral atolls
lagoons
archipelagos
29
The largest country in the Middle East and the largest country in the world without a river is
Saudi Arabia
Egypt
Iraq
Iran
30
Monsoons in India and Bangladesh often cause many deaths from
faults
earthquakes
floods
acid rain
31
After a series of wars from 1948 to 1974, Israel
conquered Jordan
lost to the Palestinians
invaded Saudi Arabia
gained Arab land
32
On the border between China & Nepal, the world's highest mountain is
Aconcagua
Kilimanjaro
Mt. Everest
K2
33
The Great Wall of China was built starting in 771–476 bc
to prevent landslides
as a tribute to Kongfuzi
by the Mongols
to stop northern invaders
34
China's civilization dates back to
the last Chinese dynasty
more than 4,000 years ago
modern times
Tibet's invasion
35
China's capital city and a major industrial city is
Wuhan
Shanghai
Beijing
Guangzhou
36
Singapore is a small island nation whose location & large harbor make it one of the world's
busiest trading seaports
busiest banking centers
busiest communication centers
busiest manufacturing centers
37
What nation in Southwest Asia had land in both Asia and Europe?
Turkey
Israel
Saudi Arabia
Egypt
38
The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor caused the United States to enter
World War II
the Sino-Japanese War
the Russo-Japanese War
World War I
39
India is the world's second-largest producer of what crop?
wheat
rice
tea
cotton
40
Taiwan is a large island nation that lies
near Japan
100 miles off China's coast
near Macau
near Hong Kong