Asian Trivia
Vocab
Physical Features
Culture
Climate
100

What is the capital of India?

New Delhi

100

What is the word we use for when we are dependent on each other?

Interdependent

100

What is the most important river that flows through India?

Ganges

100

What type of people and what language is spoken in the Middle East?

Muslims who speak Arabic

100

What type of climate does India tend to have?

Monsoon

200

How many languages are there in Asia?

3000

200

What do you call items/purchases that come from other countries coming into yours?

Import

200

What type of mountains are the Himalayas?

Fold Mountains

200

What is the entertainment industry called in Mumbai?

Bollywood

300

Which Middle Eastern country lies both in Asia and Europe?

Turkey

300

What do we call the poor parts of a city call and usually what problems do they deal with concerning their water?

Slums; The water is usually contaminated by the sewer

300

What do we call the islands/countries on the volcano strip?

The Ring of Fire

300

What are the three most populated cities in India?

Mumbai, Kolkota and New Delhi

400

What do you call the "apartments" that are close to each other and where poor people live in?

Chawls

400

What do we call it when people lose money from the difference in export and import?

Trade deficit

400

How did the Himalayas form?

The Indian Tectonic Plate moved up and collided into the Asian Tectonic Plate.

400

What was the village called in the village section of the geography bonus?

Kerala

500

What are the two prominent aspects of Mumbai out of these choices:

-Wealthy

-Bollywood

-Poor side

-Athletic

-Wealthy

-Poor side

500

What do you call it when we look at how long someone lives?

Life Expectency

500

What mountains lie past Mumbai?

Western Ghats

500

Why are cows so important in India?

They are considered sacred.

500

Cherrapunji is known as the ______________ place in the world.

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