Countries
Which nation in the region is the largest?
China
What work means a chain of islands?
Archipelago
The Himalaya and the Kunlun Shan are examples of this type of physical feature:
This river gets its nickname from the loess that gives it the distinctive color:
Yellow River
Ulaanbaatar has an average January temperature of negative 15 degrees. Which country is Ulaanbaatar in?
Mongolia
Which nation in the region is north of China and is landlocked (does not touch the ocean)?
Mongolia
What vocabulary term means a situation in which soil is washed down the hill?
landslide
The area around the perimeter of the Pacific Ocean has this nickname because of the volcanic activity and earthquakes that occur there:
The Ring of Fire
This river is Asia's longest river - it is blocked by the Three Gorges Dam:
Chang Jiang
What is the name of a hurricane like storm in the Pacific Ocean?
Typhoon
Which nation touches both South Korea and China?
North Korea
What is the name of a valuable wood that is harvested from Southeast Asia and is used in ship building?
teak
When the land shakes (earthquakes) under water - it can often create this: a word for a giant wave:
Tsunami
The Huang He is the "Yellow River" and it also has this other nickname - given due the amount of floods that have killed people and ruined property:
China's Sorrow
What is the name of the desert in Mongolia - this their language this word means that "place without water"
Gobe
This current nation was once known as Burma?
Myanmar
This material is used in the creation of lightbulbs and rockets:
tungsten
This word means that same things as a canyon - a large gash or depression in the Earth's surface often cause be river erosion:
gorge
This 2,600-mile-long river forms that boundary between Thailand and Laos:
Mekong
What is the name of the climate region that only receives enough rain to create a grassland climate region in Mongolia and northern China:
steppe
The rafflesia cab be found in Malaysia and this other nation:
Indonesia
This is a Mongolian term that describes a dry summer followed by a harsh winter:
dzud
This word means mountain ranges that rut side by side and are found in Southeast Asia:
Cordilleras
The Chang Jiang (Asia's longest river) ends at this major port city - one of China's largest cities:
Singapore
Which tiny island nation lies almost directly on the Equator and almost never sees temperatures above 97 degrees because of the cool ocean breezes that occur there?
Singapore