Overall Asia
The Longest river in Asia
The Yangtze
Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Oman all have this form of government
Monarchy
Due to ongoing conflict with Palestine, where do most countries keep their Israeli embassies
Tel Aviv
The only major city in the world located on two continents
Istanbul
What two countries are in a territorial dispute over Jammu and Kashmir
India and Pakistan
Considered both a sea and a lake and is the largest enclosed inland body of water on earth
Caspian sea
Largest country in the middle East by land area
Saudi Arabia
which Roman Emperor banned Jews from living in Israel
Hadrian
What sea borders Turkey to the North
black sea
Who led the Indian independence movement using nonviolent protests
Mohandas Gandhi
Considered to be a sacred river to Hindus
The Ganges River
in the 1st century BC this expanding republic took over the Eastern Mediterranean
Rome
What is the main religion in Israel
Jewish
leader during the Ottoman Empire's most powerful reign
Suleiman the Magnificent
Main Religion in India-
Main Religion in Pakistan
Hiduism-Islam
Mountain range home to the highest mountains in the world
The Himalayas
Largest Peninsula in the world
Arabian
What year did David Ben-Gurion declare Israel a country
1948
What building was originally built in Istanbul as a Christian Cathedral, but is now a musuem
Hagia Sophia
In 1967, Islamabad replaced ___________ as the capital of Pakistan
Karachi
Led the Mongol Empire
In 1453 this empire captured Constantinople.
Ottoman
most countries in the Persian gulf have large reserves of this commodity
oil
First president of Turkey
Mustafa Kemal Ataturk
East Pakistan later became this country
Bangladesh