Asia
Name as least 6 countries in Asia?
China, Japan, North Korea, South Korea, Taiwan, Vietnam, India, Russia
The regions only real resource.
Oil
Worlds 1st and 2nd most populated countries?
India and China
What region of the world has the highest level of water scarcity?
The Middle East
Largest Desert in Asia
What are 4 bodies of water around Asia?
Yellow Sea, Sea of Japan, East China Sea, Strait of Hormuz, Arabian Sea, Persian Gulf
How has Saudi Arabia attempted to solve its lack of fresh water problem?
Desalination
1/6 of the worlds total land is in this country.
Russia
How has Three Gorges Dam failed? (Ironic)
Water levels have risen downstream.
Frozen northern tundra of Russia.
Siberia
What are the 6 regions of Asia?
Middle East, Russia, South/India, Southeast, East, Central
Main religion? Other two founded here?
Islam: Christianity: Judaism
What country is Mt. Everest in?
Nepal
On what river is the Three Gorges Dam?
Yangtze River
Former large sea that has almost completely disappeared Kazakhstan.
The Aral Sea
What is the highest point in Asia? What mountain range is it apart of?
Mount Everest, The Himalayas
25 by 5 mile strip in Israel.
Gaza Strip
Two countries with cardinal directions.
North and South Korea.
How much of the worlds freshwater is available and ready to use.
1% of worlds water.
1/3 of freshwater available.
Which Middle Eastern country has the most dams, why?
Turkey, they are at the beginning of the Tigris and Euphrates.
Largest and longest river in China, third longest in the world?
How much water is left for Iraq from the Tigris and Euphrates after they pass through Turkey and Syria?
20%
Name the three "T" countries.
Taiwan
Thailand
Turkey
What climate do many Asian countries near water have, focused on water.
Monsoon
What type of physical feature is almost all of Southeast Asia made of?
Islands