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East Asia
Southeast Asia
Central Asia
North and South Asia
Western Asia
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This country is the biggest East Asian country, and it is also the largest economy in the world as of 2014.
What is China?
100
Asian/Pacific Islander Heritage Month, in addition to the Asian continent, includes this grouping of Pacific Islands, which includes: the Hawaiian islands, New Zealand, Samoa, Easter Island, and the Midway Islands.
What is the Polynesia?
100
Central Asian countries are typically referred to as this, which is a suffix meaning "land of".
What is "The -stans"?
100
South Asia is the most densely populated geographical region in the world, largely due to the 1.3 billion people from this nation.
What is India?
100
Western Asia is also known as the Middle East, with the exception of the exclusion of this North African country.
What is Egypt?
200
This East Asian country has a population density of only two people per square kilometer (in stark contrast to Macau's 18,662 people per square kilometer). It is a primarily Buddhist and nomadic culture, and is landlocked in-between Russia and China.
What is Mongolia?
200
The smallest of the Southeast Asian Continental territories, this country is made up of only 724 square kilometers, buthas the highest density, with 7,671 people contained in each square kilometer.
What is Singapore?
200
This is the only Central Asian country that is not a former member of the Soviet Union.
What is Afghanistan?
200
This territory, one of two in Northern Asia, accounts for 77% of Russia's land mass. If it were its own country, it would be the largest in the world.
What is Siberia?
200
Aramaic, Hebrew, and Greek languages were dominant until invasions in the 7th century brought new languages to the region. The most common of these languages spoken today, second to Persian and Turkic, is this.
What is Arabic?
300
This autonomous Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, who's name means "fragrant harbor," was established in 1997 after the United Kingdom gave up its control of the region in the 1980's.
What is Hong Kong?
300
While Ancient Southeast Asia primarily practiced Buddhism, Confucianism, and Hinduism, trade and mobility during colonization brought this religion to the region, which is today's most practiced religion.
What is Islam?
300
Much of Central Asia's geography is made up of this type of terrain that is part of the homogenous geographical zone known as the Eurasian ____ belt. This terrain is characterized by vast grass and shrub-lands, savannas and grassy plains that are too dry to support forestation. This geography supports the majority population that survive by herding livestock.
What is a steppe?
300
South Asia has the world's largest population of this religion, and it accounts for 63% of all religions in the region.
What is Hindu?
300
This is the name of the region that is situated south of Europe, West of the Caspian Sea, East of the Black Sea, and North of the mountain range bearing the same name. The three West Asian countries located in this region are Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan.
What is Caucasus (Caucasus Mountains)?
400
In the 1940's, this ideology caused a political and governmental split between the Koreas. Based on this ideological divide, America and the UN backed South Korea, and the Soviet Union and China backed North Korea.
What is communism?
400
Becoming independent in 1946, this country is one of only two Southeast Asian countries (in addition to East Timor) with a majority Roman Catholic religion.
What is the Philippines?
400
While traditional languages of the region include Turkmen, Kazakh, Mongolian, middle Iranian, and Tibetic languages are still spoken in Central Asia, the most widely spoken language is this.
What is Russian?
400
This country is often called the "cradle of civilization" because it has long ben home to various ancient cultures. Since its establishment in 1947, however, it has been unique to other Muslim nations since it was created for the sole purpose of being an independent homeland for South Asian Muslims. As a result of a 1971 civil war, the eastern part of the nation broke off to become Bangladesh.
What is Pakistan?
400
Israel and Palestine have been engaged in the world's longest military occupation since the 1940's. Until a solution is agreed upon, Israel will likely continue its military occupation of these two Palestinian territories (In addition to Golan Heights, a Syrian territory).
What is the Gaza Strip and the West Bank?
500
In response to the attacks on Pearl Harbor during WWII, the United States (via Executive Order) ordered all citizens of Japanese heritage to leave their homes and gather in internment camps. This was to prevent traitors from causing further damage to the West Coast. This man did not comply with the order and challenged it in the Supreme Court. Although he lost his case, he dedicated the rest of his live advancing Asian American rights, earning a Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Bill Clinton.
Who is Fred Korematsu?
500
While some languages in Southeast Asia are written with Arabic, Thai, Lao, Burmese, or Chinese alphabets, the rise of this alphabet has replaced many of these ancient linguistic characters.
What is the Latin/Romanized alphabet?
500
These three countries have been independent since the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991. WHile each country is democratic, constitutional, and holds presidential and parliamentary elections, each is accused of holding on to Soviet tactics, and being some of the most repressive countries in the world with draconian restriction on religious freedom and freedoms for the media and independent scrutiny. One is called "an authoritarian state with limited civil rights".
What is Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan
500
This mountain range separates Siberia and Russia Far East from European Russia.
What are the Ural Mountains?
500
This Western Asia peninsula is technically on a tectonic plate of its own, which is slowly moving further away from Africa. With a dry and hot climate, and rich natural resources, it consists of these countries: Yemen, Oman, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE.
What is Arabia?