Asia A

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Which river is Asia’s longest and is home to approximately one-third of Chinese people?

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Yangtze River (Chang Jiang)

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Which resource is imported by China even though China is the world’s largest producer of this resource? Options: iron ore, coal, wood products, zinc

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coal

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Which religion spread and flourished throughout Southeast Asia as a result of trade from the thirteenth through the seventeenth centuries? Options: Islam, Confucianism, Christianity, Daoism

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Islam

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Which term refers to South Asia’s unique geographical position in Asia? Options: atoll, alluvial plain, subcontinent, delta

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subcontinent

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Which strategy was used by both the Mauryan emperor Ashoka in early Indian history and Gandhi in the twentieth-century struggle for independence from Britain?

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non-violence

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Why is the population of India likely to overtake China to become the largest in the world by 2030?

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The birth rate in India is greater than in China.

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Which term refers to one country’s ability to produce a certain product at a lower cost or using fewer resources than it can produce another product, compared to another country’s production of those same products?

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comparative advantage

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Which type of climate is most prevalent in Southwest Asia? Options: continental, arid, Mediterranean, semiarid

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arid

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Why is Southwest Asia called the “cradle of religion”?

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Judaism, Christianity, and Islam all had their beginnings there.

Front

Which current issue in Southwest Asia has its roots in ancient times?

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the ongoing Arab-Israeli conflict