Capitals
What is capital of Russia
Moscow
What is the ancient polytheistic religion of India and the third most popular religion in the world?
Hinduism
The world's tallest mountain peak (Mt. Everest) is between what two countries ?
Who was the Hindu man who helped India gain it's independence from the British?
Mahatma Ghandi
What does the suffix "stan" mean in Central Asia?
Land
capital of China
Bejing
What is the most popular religion in Central Asia today?
Islam
What are seasonal winds that bring a rainy season and a dry season to South Asia called?
Monsoons
What percentage of world lives in China?
19
What was the name of the communist nation that the countries of Central Asia, Russia and most of Eastern Europe belonged to throughout the majority of the 20th Century?
The Soviet Union
what percentage of world's population lives in Asia
60%
what are the five main religions in the world?
Islam, Judaism, Christianity, Hinduism, Budhism
Sri Lanka and The Maldives are islands in what ocean?
Indian Ocean
Name South Asian countries 100 for first 3, 100 points each after
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Pakistan, Nepal, and Sri Lanka; Afghanistan and the Maldives
What is the slavic writing system that the alphabets of Russia and Central Asia are based on?
Cyrillic
what fraction of world's land mass is in Asia
2/3
what countries are predominantly Buddhist?
Cambodia, Thailand, Burma (Myanmar), Bhutan, Sri Lanka, Laos and Mongolia.
name the highest and lowest places on the planet
Mt Everest
Dead Sea
What country is an archipelago and the world's smallest Muslim country?
The Maldives
What is the word used to describe people who move around and do not permanently settle in one place?
Nomadic
What does OPEC stand for? Name 5 founding member countries. (100 points each)
Republic of Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Venezuela.
10 most dangerous countries for Christians (100 points each)
Afghanistan North Korea
Somalia. Libya. Yemen
Eritrea. Nigeria
Pakistan. Iran. India
what are the five most populated countries in the world
China, India, United States, Indonesia, Pakistan
(Nigeria, Brazil, Bangladesh, Russia, Mexico)
Hindu India, Muslim Pakistan 1947
Britain wanted tea, China would only trade for silver, Britain sold opium for silver which used to buy tea, opium wars, Britain received islands in 1842 for "99 years" 1997 granted independence, 1 country, 2 systems for 50 years, people losing independence