Random Facts
How many countries are in Asia?
48
Which country in Asia has the largest economy?
China (2015)
What is the largest county in Asia
Russia
What is the longest river in Asia?
The Yangtze
What desease spread through most of Asia during the 1300’s?
Black Death
What is the largest lake in Asia?
Caspian Sea
What is Asia’s largest religion
It has many different regions, but the largest is Christianity
What is Asia’s population?
Around 4.1 billion
The ____________ ___________ is part of the northern Indian Ocean and borders Pakistan, Iran, India, and the Arabian Peninsula
Arabian Sea
What controlled most of India in the 1500’s?
Islamic Mughal Empire
Asia has a ________ National Park
Komodo
Asia is the ________ growing economic country in the world.
fastest
What two hemispheres is Asia located in?
northern and eastern
The ________ ____ is between Southeastern Europe and Western Asia, north of Turkey
Black Sea
What are some of the natural barriers in Asia?
Himalaya and Caucasus mountains and the Karakum and Gobi deserts
Series of fortifications built to protect the Chinese Empire
What is the GPD growth in Asia
5.7%
What is the most populous country in Asia
China
What is the largest bay in the world, and is also located in Asia?
Bay of Bengal
The ___________ region is widely considered to be the cradle of civilization
Mesopotamia
Rice
Asia’s economy has _________. ( increased;decreased)
Increased
Asia contains __% of the Earth’s land area and __% of it population.
30%; 60%
The _______ _______ flows through India and Bangladesh
Ganges River
In the 600s, the __________ ___________conquered the Middle East and Central Asia during the Muslim conquests
Islamic Caliphate