Large Bodies of Water
The third largest ocean in the world
What is the Indian Ocean?
River that flows entirely through one country.
What is the Chang Jiang (Yangtze) River?
Extends out from China in between the Yellow Sea and the Sea of Japan; divided into two countries
What is the Korean Peninsula?
An East Asian nation on the southern half of the Korean Peninsula
What is South Korea?
Another name for the Yangtze River
What is the Chang Jiang River?
An “arm” of the Indian Ocean with India on its west; many large rivers, including the Ganges, flow into it.
What is the Bay of Bengal?
River in China named for the muddy yellow silt it carries.
What is the Huang He (Yellow) River?
The tallest mountain in the world.
What is Mountain Everest?
An island east of the Korean Peninsula.
What is Japan?
Japan's most populous city.
What is Tokyo?
Double Jeopardy
An “arm” of the Pacific Ocean that lies between the continent of Asia and Japan.
What is the Sea of Japan?
Starts in the Himalayan Mountains; It runs through the most fertile and highly populated areas; considered sacred by the Hindu religion.
What is the Ganges River?
Mountain range containing the world's tallest mountain.
What is the Himalayan Mountain?
A country in East Asia constituting the northern part of the Korean Peninsula
What is North Korea?
As winter ends, warm, moist air from the southwest Indian Ocean blows toward countries like India
What is a Monsoon?
It has violent typhoons and monsoons.
What is the South China Sea?
Longest River in Asia
What is the Chang Jiang (Yangtze) River?
Asia’s largest desert that stretches across southern Mongolia and northern China
What is the Gobi Desert?
The only country in which the longest river in Asia flows through.
What is China?
Which way is the Sea of Japan located from Japan? (North, East, South, West)
What is West?
An “arm” of the Pacific Ocean that lies between China and Korea; it becomes the East China Sea south of the Korean Peninsula
What is the Yellow Sea?
Most important river in India
What is the Ganges River?
Double Jeopardy
Located in northwestern China between two mountain ranges
What is the Taklamakan Desert?
Country south of China shaped like an "S." On the South China Sea
What is Vietnam?
Hurricanes are the same storm as typhoons, with just a different name. Most frequently occur on the western Pacific Ocean off the east coast of Asia near Japan. However,
What is a Typhoon?