Vocab
Large area of level land that is higher than the surrounding land
Plateau
Divides Europe from Asia
Ural Mountains
How does Asia's population compare with other continents?
It has the largest population.
The highest point in Asia
Mount Everest
Dry area of flat or rolling land that supports grasses but few trees
savanna
Which oceans does Asia touch?
Arctic, Pacific, Indian
Compare religion in Asia to that of the rest of the world.
Most of the other continents are majority Christian. Asia has only a small percentage of Christians and other religions are much more prevalent.
Asia is located in these hemispheres:
North, south, east
A crowded, poor area of a city or town with bad living conditions
slum
Explain what monsoons are and how they affect the climate in Asia.
Monsoons are seasonal winds that bring heavy rains in the summer and periods of drought in the winter.
The majority of Asian countries have this kind of government:
authoritarian
How many independent countries are in Asia?
List at least 5.
48
Explain what urbanization is.
Urbanization is the movement of populations into cities and away from rural areas.
What causes Asia to have such a mixed variety of climate zones?
1 - It is a huge continent.
2 - Many different landforms affect the climate.
3 - Monsoons
Explain what ASEAN is, and list at least three members.
ASEAN is the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. It is a union of countries in southeast Asia who cooperate politically and economically.
Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam
Name the capital cities of Japan, China, India, and Turkey.
Tokyo
Beijing
New Delhi
Ankara
Explain how urbanization can often lead to slums.
Large numbers of people move to cities, hoping to find opportunity for better work. But there are not enough places to work or live for all of the people who come, and they are forced to live in poor conditions outside of the city where they try to survive.
List the names of at least five bodies of water in or around Asia that are NOT oceans.
Caspian Sea
Lake Baikal
Persian Gulf
Dead Sea
Sea of Japan
Yellow Sea
East China Sea
Arabian Sea
South China Sea
Bay of Bengal
Gulf of Oman
Explain the difference between a democracy and an authoritarian regime.
democracy - the government is usually made up of more than one person who has power to make decisions, and the citizens of the country help to choose their leaders
authoritarian regime - the government is usually made up of one person or group that controls all of the decisions, and the citizens of the country have very little say in choosing their leaders
How many landlocked countries does Asia have? List at least three.
12
Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bhutan, Laos, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Nepal, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan