Terms
a large open area of grassland, especially in North America
What is a prairie?
Israel
What is Jerusalem?
Iraq
What is Baghdad?
Kuwait
What is Kuwait City?
Afghanistan
What is Kabul?
India
What is New Dehli?
Tajikistan
What is Dushanbe?
Japan
What is Tokyo?
What are China, Korea, and Japan?
Rivers like these two became transportation ways between the east and west empires
What are the Yellow River and the Yangtze River?
a small body of still water formed naturally or by artificial means
What is a pond?
Turkey
What is Ankara?
Lebanon
What is Beirut?
Saudi Arabia
What is Riyadh?
Iran
What is Tehran?
Bangladesh
What is Dhaka?
Uzbekistan
What is Tashkent?
China
What is Beijing?
This emperor was just the leader China needed to end its Warring States period
Who was Emperor Quin?
The Grand Canal provided a shipping and transport route between these two historical capitals of China
What are Beijing and Nanjing?
a small area of still water, typically one formed naturally
What is a pool?
What is Yerevan?
Syria
What is Damascus?
United Arab Emirates
What is Abu Dhabi?
What is Islamabad?
Nepal
What is Kathmandu?
Turkmenistan
What is Ashgabat?
South Korea
What is Seoul?
This famous man united the caravans of raiders that were scattered across Mongolia and with them conquered northern China and all of central and western Asia
Who was Genghis Khan?
When not at war, these two countries enjoyed a close trading partnership
What are China and Korea?
a fast-flowing and turbulent part of the course of a river
What are rapids?
Georgia
What is Tbilisi?
What is Amman?
Oman
What is Muscat?
This ancient kingdom became the first global superpower
What is Persia?
Bhutan
What is Thimphu?
Kazakhstan
What is Astana?
What is Pyongyang?
These mountains helped Korea maintain its independence from China
What are the Changbai Mountains?
In the late 19th century, these two countries fought over control of Korea
What are China and Japan?
a narrow strip of land projecting into a sea or lake from the mainland
What is an point?
Cyprus
What is Nicosia?
Qatar
What is Doha?
Yemen
What is Sana'a?
Maldives
What is Malé?
The two largest rivers of South Asia
What are the Indus and Ganges?
Kyrgyzstan
What is Bishkek?
Mongolia
What is Ulaanbaatar?
The Japanese use sand from this type of beach to make their katana blades
What is an iron-rich beach?
Later in the 20th century, Japan attacked the mainland once again, setting the stage for this terrible event
What is the Nanjing Massacre?
a very steep or overhanging place
What is a precipice?
Armenia
What is Yerevan?
Bahrain
What is Manama?
These towering mountains dominate the landscape of southern Asia
What are the Himalayas?
Sri Lanka
What are Colombo and Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte?
What are Hinduism and Buddhism?
This country's native name means "Land of the Thunder Dragon"
What is Bhutan?
This enormous mausoleum is, perhaps, the best-known building in southern Asia
What is the Taj Mahal?
Japan traded only with this nation until Commodore Mathew Perry forcibly opened trade with the United States in 1853
Who are the Dutch?
Capital of Albania
What is Tirana?