Southern and Eastern Asia Review

Which river is the third longest in the world and the longest river in China?

• The Ganges River

• The Nile River

• The Yangtze/Chang Jiang River

• The Yellow/Huang He River

What is the largest desert in Asia that is made up of mostly bare rock? Sometimes it gets really cold here!

• The Gobi Desert

• The Taklamakan Desert

• The Sahara Desert

• The Sonoran Desert

Which desert in Asia is known for its sand dunes?

• The Gobi Desert

• The Taklamakan Desert

• The Mojave Desert

• The Sahara Desert

Which river is sacred to the Hindu religion?

• The Yangtze/Chang Jiang River

• The Yellow/Huang He River

• The Ganges River

• The Amazon River

Followers of this religion believe in Nirvana and reincarnation.

• Hinduism

• Buddhism

• Confucianism

• Shintoism

Followers of this religion believe in reincarnation and Moksha.

• Confucianism

• Shintoism

• Hinduism

• Buddhism

Confucius founded this philosophy (way of thinking)

• Shintoism

• Hinduism

• Buddhism

• Confucianism

This religion has kami, or ancestral/nature spirits.

• Hinduism

• Shintoism

• Buddhism

• Confucianism

True or False: Pollution in the Yangtze/Chang Jiang River is making the fish unfit to eat.

• True

• False

True or False: The Yangtze/Chang Jiang and Ganges Rivers can be cleaned up easily.

• True

• False