What are the winds that bring wet and dry season to much of Asia?
What are monsoons?
100
a large landmass that is part of a continent, but has its own geographic identity
What is a subcontinent?
100
Japan records as many as 1,500 of these a year?
What are earthquakes?
200
This river begins in the mountains of Tibet and flows through Pakistan.
What is the Indus?
200
The type of landform where the countries of North and South Korea are found.
What is a peninsula?
200
What is a tropical hurricane in the Pacific called?
What is a typhoon?
200
China and India's population have exceeded this impressive figure.
What is a billion?
200
North, South, East, or West? It's where most people in China live.
What is the East?
300
This river travels east through China to Shanhai. It is a major transportation route.
What is the Yangtze or Chang Jiang?
300
a group of islands such as Japan or the Philippines?
What is an archipelago?
300
Sri Lanka, Indonesia and Southern Vietnam's climate can best be described as
What is tropical?
300
India, China, North Korea and South Korea have good supplies of this important fuel and energy source.
What is a coal?
300
thanks to a mild climate and fertile river valleys, it's what most people in Asia do for a living?
What is farm?
400
What river flows south from the Tibetan Plateau through Southeast Asia.
What is the Mekong?
400
The Taklimakan, the Thar, and the Gobi are examples of
What are deserts?
400
What physical features dominates Western China? It is characterized by cold, dry conditions and sparse population. It is also known as the "Rooftop of the World."
What is the Plateau of Tibet?
400
The Khyber Pass is an ancient trade route through these mountains in northern Pakistan and Afghanistan.
What are the Hindu Kush?
400
Many areas in Asia are mountainous, yet must be farmed. What technique must be used?
What is terrace farming?
500
What river is also known as "China's Sorrow"?
What is the Yellow or Huang He?
500
What feature dominates 80% of Japan?
What are mountains?
500
Thanks to a mild, rainy conditions in much of Asia, rice is an important, widely planted crop. It's grown in flooded areas called ________.
What are paddies?
500
What super densely populated nation is found along the Ganges Delta?
What is Bangladesh?
500
Because Japan has so little farmland, they depend on what source for food?