Geographic Locations
What is the name of India's desert?
Thar.
This religion focuses on right actions instead of a God.
Nontheism.
Which Asian philosopher teaches respect and duty in home and society bring honor?
Confucius.
This government is based on specific religious beliefs.
Theocracy.
Secretary of State, Madeleine Albright, gifted a basketball to Kim Jong Il signed by which player of the Chicago Bulls?
Michael Jordan.
What is the island located south of India?
Sri Lanka.
This is a book of ancient writings containing poems, hymns, myths, and rituals.
The Vedas.
Which Asian philosopher is credited with creating the golden rule, "treat others as you would want to be treated."
Confucius.
A government that is all-powerful and in complete control of a country.
Totalitarianism.
A fight broke out over this region between India and Pakistan for control of the Indus River.
Kashmir.
What body of water is between the mainland of Asia and Japan?
The Sea of Japan.
What does the Buddha mean?
The Enlightened One.
How does the Buddha suggest one reach Nirvana?
By the eightfold path.
A social issue in which the gap between the rich and the poor is very large.
Disparity.
This conflict took place after World War II after Jewish people returned to their traditional homeland, but Muslims inhabited the area.
The Palestinian-Israeli Conflict.
Where is the Three Gorges Dam located?
The Yangtze River.
Oldest organized religion still practiced in the world today.
Hinduism.
According to Buddha, why do we suffer?
Desire.
This company controls 30% of global production and 80% of global supply of oil.
OPEC.
The Domino Theory, which is the spread of Communism from Russia to other neighboring countries, started in what year?
1917.
What river gets its water from the Himalayan Mountains?
Indus River.
These three Gods make up the Trimurti.
Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva.
How do the teachings of Daoism differ from Confucianism?
It's conformation to the ways of Nature.
This economy exists when the government owns the means of production.
The Command Economy.
This person is Kim Jong Il's son.
Kim Jong-Un.