Central Asia
Many people in this area are ____________, meaning they do not have permanent homes and travel from place to place to feed their livestock.
Nomadic
Eastern Asia has a population of 1.6 billion. What fraction of the world population lives in Eastern Asia?
1/4 (one-fourth)
This country holds the highest peak in the world, Mount Everest, and is the birthplace of the Buddha.
Nepal
This is the most bombed country on earth. Their biggest threat currently is leftover land mines from the Vietnam War.
Laos
This country's formal boundaries were drawn after the fall of the Ottoman Empire. They left no space for the ethnic minority, the Kurds.
Turkey
People originally traveled to this area via the _______________, a route from China to Europe on which people traded goods and ideas.
Silk Road
This country is famous for Genghis Khan's 13th century conquests for his empire, one of reasons China built the Great Wall.
Mongolia
This man led the movement for Indian independence through peaceful protests and civil disobedience.
Mohandas or Mahatma Gandhi
This island nation of 18,000+ islands is home to the world's largest Muslim population, and also the world's largest Buddhist temple.
Indonesia
This country's economy has crashed due to civil war, leaving 75% of the population in need of humanitarian aid and nearly 400,000 children starving.
Yemen
Each of these countries were once controlled by the ________, a union of soviet socialist nations controlled by present-day Russia.
USSR
This island country was a refuge for Chinese people fleeing the communist rule of Mao Zedong. China does not recognize its independence although they have their own government.
Taiwan
Most countries in this region were once under this country's rule until after World War II. This country picked up tea culture from Asia.
Great Britain
The U.S. once won this nation from Spain as a territory, only granting them independence after World War II. For this reason, many speak a dialect of Spanish and the largest religion is Christianity.
Philippines
Middle East
Name two out of the five countries that make up Central Asia
Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan
This island nation consists of over 6000 islands. They have almost no natural resources, so their economy relies on manufactured goods, mainly technology.
Japan
This island relies on tourism but is quickly sinking due to rises in the sea level. The government held an underwater cabinet meeting to raise awareness for climate change.
Maldives
This country was once dominated by Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge, an extreme communist regime which stripped citizens of their jobs and possessions and forced them to work in the rice fields.
Cambodia
This country is home to two of Islam's holiest shrines, including Mecca. It is said to be the birthplace of Mohammed, the Muslim prophet.
Saudi Arabia