Central Asia
What is the dominant government type in Central Asia
Dictatorships
This religion was founded in India by Siddhartha Gautama.
What is Buddhism?
What is the horizontal line that runs around the center of the earth called?
What is the equator?
3 reasons people often live near water.
What are we need water to live, water helps irrigate crops, and water helps support animal life including fish?
This ocean covers nearly one third of Earth’s surface.
What is the Pacific Ocean?
________ _______ was left behind in Central Asia after the fall of the USSR
What is nuclear pollution?
This religion’s holy book, the Torah, is written in Hebrew.
What is Judaism?
The prime meridian runs in these two directions.
What are north and south?
This city state is the smallest nation in Southeast Asia.
What is Singapore?
This country is responsible for some of the world’s most important inventions.
What is China?
The rise of sea travel led to the the decline of ________
What is the Silk Road?
This religion has 5 pillars to follow, including fasting during Ramadan.
What is Islam?
Name the four intermediate directions.
What are northeast, southeast, northwest, southwest.
This is the main religion in the Middle East.
What is Islam?
The name of the newly discovered possible 8th continent of the world.
What is Zealandia?
How did the majority of countries get their name in Central Asia
This religion believes in one god who takes on many forms.
What is Hinduism?
Someone in Taiwan should travel in which direction to get to California?
What is east?
Name two countries that are archipelagos.
What are Indonesia, The Philippines, and/or Japan
This country is known for its celadon pottery.
What is Korea?
Some of the world's largest oil reserves are located here.
The Caspian Sea
Christianity’s two major holidays are ________ and _______. What do they each represent?
Christmas and Easter. Jesus’ birth and death/resurrection.
Name two countries in the Arabian peninsula other than Saudi Arabia.
What are Kuwait, Oman, Yemen, U.A.E., Qatar, and/or Bahrain?
This country has built many dams to utilize this type of energy.
What are China and hydroelectricity?
This country lies in both Asia and Europe.
What is Turkey?