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WorksheetsAll About Asia
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 25mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is a continental climate?
a)
cold winters and warm summers
b)
mild climate all year round
c)
winters are dry and summers have monsoons
2.
What is the name of the world's largest lake?
a)
Lake Baykal
b)
Caspian Sea
c)
Dead Sea
d)
Mediterranean
3.
What type of climate has winters that are dry and summers that have monsoons?
a)
humid subtropical climate
b)
continental climate
c)
Mediterranean climate
4.
What is the name of Asia's longest river?
a)
Yellow River
b)
Tigris River
c)
Euphrates River
d)
Yangtze
5.
What is a monsoon?
a)
A tornado
b)
A cyclone
c)
A wind
6.
What is the name of the world's deepest lake?
a)
Lake Baykal
b)
Caspian Sea
c)
Mediterranean Sea
d)
Lake Michigan
7.
What type of climate does Siberia have?
a)
subarctic
b)
arctic
c)
arid
d)
Mediterranean
8.
What is referred to as "the roof of the world?"
a)
Plateau of Tibet
b)
Mount Everest
c)
Gobi Desert
d)
Siberian Plateau
9.
Where is the world's lowest point located?
a)
Near the Dead Sea
b)
Near the Caspian Sea
c)
Near Lake Baykal
d)
Near the Mediterranean Sea
10.
What fraction of the world's total land surface is located in Asia?
a)
1/4
b)
1/2
c)
1/3
d)
2/3
11.
What is the world's highest point?
a)
Mount Everest
b)
Mount Kilimanjaro
c)
Mount Washington
12.
What is permanently frozen subsoil called?
a)
monsoon
b)
subarctic
c)
arctic
d)
tundra
13.
What type of weather does the subarctic region have?
a)
long, cold winters, short, cool summers
b)
short, cool winters, long, warm summers
c)
cold weather all year round
14.
How much rain do the summer monsoons bring to some regions of Asia?
a)
less than 20 inches
b)
over 80 inches
c)
less than 10 inches
d)
over 200 inches
15.
Why do people like to travel to the Mediterranean countries?
a)
The weather is mild all year round
b)
They have beautiful tourist attractions
c)
People like to jump in the Mediterranean Sea
16.
Asia is mostly surrounded by what?
a)
mountains
b)
water
c)
volcanoes
d)
islands
17.
What river forms part of the border between Israel and Syria and Israel and Jordan?
a)
Tigris River
b)
Euphrates River
c)
Jordan River
18.
True or False: Asia is the world's smallest continent.
a)
True
b)
False
19.
What continent has lost over one-third of its tropical forests?
a)
Africa
b)
Asia
c)
South America
d)
North America
20.
What country is a major importer of minerals?
a)
Japan
b)
China
c)
Siberia
d)
Russia
21.
What country is Asia's largest supplier of natural gas?
a)
China
b)
Japan
c)
Siberia
d)
Russia
22.
What country has the world's third-largest coal deposits?
a)
Japan
b)
China
c)
Siberia
d)
Russia
23.
Where are most of Asia's diamonds mined?
a)
Siberia
b)
China
c)
Japan
d)
Russia
24.
Which is NOT a major product harvested in the forests of Asia?
a)
bamboo
b)
teak
c)
mahogany
d)
bananas
25.
What is bauxite used in the production of?
a)
steel
b)
wood
c)
aluminum
d)
tin
26.
What is deforestation?
a)
the action of clearing a wide area of trees.
b)
when animals eat too much grass
c)
when a hurricane damages a forest
27.
What does overgrazing mean?
a)
When too many animals are eating all the grass and the land becomes barren or bare.
b)
when animals die because of lack of food
c)
When a cow doesn't eat enough grass
28.
What is an example of aluminum?
a)
cars, cds, refrigerators
b)
wooden desks
c)
wooden bookshelf
d)
teak and mahogany
29.
Most of Asia's population is involved in what?
a)
Mining
b)
Agriculture
c)
Manufacturing
30.
What is the major crop of Asia?
a)
Rice
b)
Wheat
c)
Corn
31.
What country is the world's leading fishing industry?
a)
Japan
b)
China
c)
Russia
32.
What is an important source of protein in most Asian diets?
a)
Meat
b)
Fish
c)
Vegetables
33.
Where is steel produced?
a)
Russia
b)
China
c)
Siberia
d)
Japan
34.
What country has the third-largest railroad system?
a)
Japan
b)
Russia
c)
China
d)
Siberia
35.
What Asian country became a major industrial country after WWII?
a)
China
b)
South Korea
c)
Japan
d)
Russia
36.
Where do orangutans live?
a)
Borneo and Sumatra
b)
Japan
c)
China
d)
South Korea
37.
Where do freshwater seals live in Asia?
a)
Lake Baykal
b)
Caspian Sea
c)
Lake Ladoga
38.
What is an example of an exotic bird?
a)
Peacock
b)
Dove
c)
Hummingbird
39.
The world's largest lizard is the Komodo Dragon.
a)
True
b)
False
40.
The gavial is a member of the ape family.
a)
True
b)
False
41.
Malaria is a disease carried by mosquitoes.
a)
True
b)
False
42.
Snow leopards make their home in the highlands of Central Asia.
a)
True
b)
False
43.
What is the world's most populous nation?
a)
Tokyo
b)
China
c)
India
44.
What is the medical technique first used in Asia?
a)
Acupuncture
b)
Antibiotics
c)
cough medicine
45.
What is the world's largest city?
a)
Hong Kong
b)
Tokyo
c)
Seoul
46.
What percent of the world's population lives in Asia?
a)
80
b)
60
c)
40
d)
50
47.
Which is NOT one of Asia's major racial groups?
a)
Negroid
b)
Caucasoid
c)
Mongoloid
d)
Javanese
48.
What is Asia's largest religion?
a)
Islam
b)
Judaism
c)
Buddhism
d)
Hinduism
49.
What is the world's most used-language?
a)
Chinese
b)
Japanese
c)
English
50.
What is one major health care problem in some regions of Asia?
a)
Lack of sanitation
b)
acupuncture
c)
herbal medicines
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