Asia Geography
India & China
Capital city of Japan.
Tokyo (Edo)
The mightiest hero in China's history. He was active during the 3 Kingdoms Period and served Liu Bei of Shu.
Guan-Yu (Guan Gong)
This country stretches from Eastern Europe all the way across Northern Asia. It is the world's largest country by land area.
Russia
Name any current Minnesota professional sports team that has won a national championship.
Minnesota Twins x2 (MLB), Lynx x4 (WNBA), Frost (PWHL)
Mount Fuji is the iconic volcano located in which country?
Japan
Title of the military warlord who ruled Japan, commanding the Daimyo and Samurai. They served the Emperor, who very rarely gave them orders.
Shogun
This man brought Communism to China and won the Chinese Civil War after World War II, creating the current government of China.
Mao Zedong (Chairman Mao)
Most people who live in this country are ethnically Persians, not to be confused with the neighboring Arabs.
Iran
Who is the current King of the United Kingdom?
King Charles, III
Mount Everest is the highest point on planet Earth. It is located between these two countries.
China & Nepal
After becoming a modern industrial nation in the late 1800's, Japan defeated this European Empire in a war to establish itself as a world power in the early 1900's.
He is the current leader of China and helped China become a major world power. In 2022 he was given leadership authority for life.
Xi Jinping
The Islamic Holy City of Makkah (Mecca) is located in which country?
Saudi Arabia
Lake Calhoun, the largest lake in Minneapolis, was renamed to Bde Maka Ska, meaning White Earth Lake. What language is Bde Maka Ska?
Dakota (Sioux)
A grouping of islands is called this. An example would be the countries of Japan or the Philippines.
Archipelago
Name the only two cities in history, both in Japan, to be attacked with nuclear weapons. This helped lead to the surrender of Japan and the end of World War II.
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Qin Shi Huang was the first Emperor of a united China 2,000 years ago. Known as the Dragon Emperor, what guards his tomb?
Terracotta Army
This country sits between Europe and Asia. Istanbul, it's largest city, used to be called Constantinople.
Türkiye (Turkey)
The largest river in the United States, the mighty Mississippi, begins in this lake in North Central Minnesota, near the city of Park Rapids. It shares the name with the State Park that surrounds it.
Lake Itasca (Itasca State Park)
This type of soil gives the Yellow River (Huang He) in China its color.
Loess
Give the day, month, and year when Japan attacked the United States at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii to begin America's involvement in World War II.
December 7, 1941.
Today, what is the official name of mainland China?
The People's Republic of China (PRC)
The Taliban are the rulers of this landlocked central Asian country. They assisted al-Qaeda in attacking the U.S. on 9/11 and the U.S. spent 20 years occupying and unsuccessfully trying to reform this country.
Afghanistan
In 2025 the company Space X, owned by Elon Musk who is the world's richest person, just created the newest city in Texas where the company has its headquarters. What is the newest city in Texas called?
Starbase, Texas