Unit 16
This is the main access route through the mountains between Afghanistan and Pakistan
What is the Khyber Pass
DAILY DOUBLE (from Unit 16):
Who is Tenzing Norgay
What is the Communist Party
This is the major holiday in China for which millions of people travel to their family's home.
What is Chinese New Year
This is the standard modern territorial limit that countries can claim
What is 12 miles
This is the largest single ethnic group in Afghanistan
What is the Pashtuns
Soviet planners diverted water from the rivers that supplies the Aral Sea for this purpose
What is to irrigate crops
All tea comes from how many species of tea plan
What is One
This ethnic group makes up over 90% of China's population
What is Han
This is the name of the Pacific rim where the majority of earthquakes and volcanoes occur
What is the Ring of Fire
This group established a repressive regime in Afghanistan in 1996
What is the Taliban
The Soviets used an island in the Aral Sea for this
What is the teapot
Most Uyghurs are followers of this religion
What is Islam
This is the largest single ethnic and language group in the Philippines
What is Tagalog
Nepal lies between these two powerful countries
What is China and India
This is the center of every meal in Tajikistan
What is Non Bread
This is the difference in the forms of government between North Korea and South Korea
What is South Korea is a democracy and North Korea is a dictatorship
The Communist government instituted this policy to slow population growth
What is Parents could only have one child
The idea that, if Vietnam fell to the communists, other countries in Indochina and Southeast Asia might fall also, is called this
What is the Domino Theory
This was the New Zealander who was the first person to successfully climb Mt Everest in 1953
Who is Edmund Hillary
The Russian Empire had an interest in expanding into Central Asia from at least the time of this ruler
Who is Peter the Great
After one party won the civil war following World War II, what did the supporters of the other party do?
What is Withdrew from Taiwan
This is China's plan to build roads, ports, and other infrastructure in many places around the world
What is the Belt and Road Initiative
What is Muslims