Physical Geography 1
Archipelagos are closely grouped islands that often form this shape.
Arch
Allah is the word for God in this language.
Arabic
Intifada is the word for uprising in this language.
Arabic
Lake Baikal, with a maximum depth of 5387 feet, is the deepest lake in the world and is located in this Asian country.
Russia
The Sutras are the canonical scriptures of this Indian religion.
Buddhism
The Karakoram Mountains are home to this mountain, whose summit is about 780 feet lower than the summit of Mt. Everest.
K2
Holi, or the Festival of Color, is celebrated by adherents of this Asian religion.
Hinduism
This ideology of self-reliance promoting Korean autonomy was implemented by Kim Il-sung, the founder and first leader of North Korea.
Juche
This largest inland body of water has a salinity of approximately 1.2%, about a third of the salinity of average seawater.
Caspian Sea
Harmandir Sahib, also known as the Golden Temple, is the holiest place for adherents of this religion.
Sikhism
Atolls are characterized by shallow lagoons encircled by these structures comprised of living creatures.
Coral reefs
Selfless service, or seva, is a key component of this South Asian religion.
Sikhism
Hamas was formed during this 1987-1993 period of unrest.
The First Intifada
These mountains began to form about 50 million years ago when the Indian Plate began subducting under the Eurasian Plate.
The Himalayas
Passover is a festival that remembers the Exodus of the Jewish people out of this African kingdom.
Egypt
The Indus River flows west from its source and then south through Pakistan until it empties into this body of water.
Arabian Sea
The moral rules of Buddhism are called Precepts, of which there are this many.
Five
The Camp David Accords were signed in 1978 by Israel and this Arab state.
Egypt
This country of western Asia is found on the Anatolian Peninsula.
Türkiye
In the Tanakh, or Hebrew Bible, the first five books are collectively called this.
The Torah
Iran’s access to this body of water is hindered by the Elburz Mountains.
Caspian Sea
Siddhartha Gautama, the founder of Buddhism, was born in this mountainous country.
Nepal
In 2004, over 200,000 people were killed when an earthquake centered in this southeast Asian sea generated a devastating tsunami.
Andaman Sea
The Red Sea was formed after a rift valley was created due to a divergent boundary between the African Plate and this southwest Asian plate.
Arabian Plate
This Hindu festival celebrates light over darkness and the hope that good will happen.
Diwali