BollyWood
Land of the Rising Sun
Where the Great Wall was built
Geography
The Earth and All that is in it
100
80% of India's people belong to the ___ religion
What is hinduism
100
The capital of Japan is ....
What is Tokyo?
100
Name the sand desert in North China.
What is Taklimakan?
100
Tropical storms in the Pacific. The same storms are called hurricanses in the Atlantic.
What is typhoon?
100
The Hindus celebrate theh coming of winter and the victory of good over evil in the Festival of ___
What is Lights or Diwali?
200
India is the world's second largest producer of
What is rice?
200
Japan is made up of 4 main islands and 1000s of smaller ones. A group of islands like this or the Philippines, or Hawaii is called an ____.
What is an archipelago?
200
The mountain range that sweeps across the border between China and Nepal is the ____.
What is Himalayas?
200
Japan experiences about 5000 of these a year or on average 150 a day.
What are earthquakes?
200
Who led a nonviolen movement to free India from British rule?
Who is Gandhi?
300
Built by Mogul Emperor Shah Jahan, this mausoleum is called the ____ ____. It is a famous building in India.
What is Taj Mahal?
300
The leader of the Samurai were called the ___.
What is Shogun?
300
The name Huang He means....
What is Yellow River?
300
Strips of land cut out of the hillside like stair steps. These are used for farming.
What are terraces?
300
Name the European country that ruled India from the 1700s until the mid 1900s.
What is Great Britain?
400
HIndus and Buddhist believe that when the body dies the soul is reborn. This is repeated until the soul reaches perfection. This idea is called ____.
What is reincarnation?
400
What religion did Chinese missionaries spread to Japan?
What is Buddhism?
400
Name the desert in China that is made up or rock. Temperatures reach 110 in the summer and -30 in the winter.
What is Gobi?
400
China is a world leader in the mining of ...Name two things.
What is coal and iron ore?
400
The Ganges River flows into the Bay of...
What is Bengal?
500
____ is the religion that started in India about 500 B.C. It is not longer popular in India but it is popular in many other parts of Asia.
What is Buddhism?
500
In order to end WWII, the U.S. dropped atomic bombs on what two Japanese cities?
What are Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
500
The Yellow River is nicknamed....
What is China's Sorrow?
500
An are surrounding the Pacific Ocean where the earth's crust shifts. It has many volcanoes and earthquakes.
What is the Ring of Fire?
500
The ___ ___ lies south of the Saptura Mountain Range.
What is Deccan Plateau?