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WorksheetsAsia Study Guide
Total questions: 46
Worksheet time: 22mins
1. Asia is composed of (a) countries.
2. Asia is the world's ______ continent
Smallest
Poorest
Largest
Deadliest
3. Asia contains (a) % of the world's population.
4. How much bigger is Asia than the United States?
6 1/2
4 1/2
3 1/2
2 1/2
5. The major rivers in Asia include the Yangtze, Yellow, Mekong, Lena, and what other three rivers? Select them.
Red River
Euphrates River
Ural River
Indus River
Tigris River
6. What is the longest river in Asia?
Yellow
Rhine
Lena
Yangtze
7. What is the highest mountain range in the world?
Alps
Himalayas
Rocky Mountains
Ural Mountains
8. Mt. (a) is the highest mountain range in the world.
9. What is the 2nd highest mountain in the world?
Makalu
Fuji
K2
Kilimanjaro
10. What is the oldest and deepest lake in the world?
Lake Ladoga
Lake Khanka
Lake Urmia
Lake Baikal
11. What is the largest lake in the world?
Aral Sea
Caspian Sea
Lake Baikal
Dead Sea
12. Asia touches (a) oceans.
13. What oceans does Asia touch? Select them.
Atlantic
Indian
Pacific
Arctic
14. Asia has (a) major regions.
15. The major regions of Asia include SW, N, C, and what other 3 regions?
S
NW
SE
NE
E
16. Asia has (a) major deserts.
17. What is the largest desert in Asia?
Gobi
Thar
Takla Makan
Karakum
18. The major mountain ranges of Asia include the Himalayas, Urals, Hindu Kush, W. Ghats, E. Ghats, and what other 3 mountain ranges?
Pamir
Kunlun
Zagros
Karakoram
Caucuses
19. What is the largest country in Asia?
India
China
Indonesia
Russia
20. What is the largest country in the world?
Canada
Russia
United States
China
21. Russia is located in what two continents? Select them.
North America
Asia
South America
Europe
35. China had many what?
Roads
Ships
Dragons
Dynasties
36. Who was the great explorer from China in the 15th Century?
Xu-Fu
Zhang Qian
Zheng He
Xuanzang
37. Zheng He made several trips with treasure ships to where? Select them.
Mongolia
India
Greece
Africa
38. Zheng He was active during which Chinese Dynasty?
Sui
Ming
Tang
Qin
39. The Koreas were officially split into North and South Korea after what war?
(a)
40. What type of government does South Korea have?
Communism
Monarchy
Democracy
Socialism
41. What type of government system does North Korea have?
Oligarchy
Democracy
Monarchy
Communism
42. What separates the Koreas from Japan?
Yellow Sea
Sea of Japan
Banda Sea
Caspian Sea
43. Japan once had a military ruling class called what?
Merchants
Military Men
Samurai
Craftsmen
44. What is the famous, highest mountain peak in Japan?
Mt. Fuji
Makalu
Cho Oyu
Mt. Apo
45. What is Japan's capital city?
(a)
46. Southwest Asia is also known as what?
(a)
47. There are many wealthy countries in the Middle East because of what?
Silver
Gold
Sugar
Oil
48. The Fertile Crescent laid between what two major Middle Eastern rivers? Select them.
Karun
Tigris
Euphrates
Jordan
49. Which of these is NOT an animal you would find in Asia? Select them.
Orangutan
Panda
Brown Bear
Komodo Dragon
Mongoose
50. What was the ancient society that was built in India?
Indus Valley Civilization
Persia
Sumer
Akkadian
51. The Indus River Civilization occurred during what in India?
Age of the Indus
Medieval times
Bronze Age
Golden Age
52. What empire occurred during India's "Golden Age"?
(a)
53. What advances occurred during the Gupta Empire in India? Select them.
Mathematics
Development of the Silk Road
Great Wall
Science
54. What important landmark was built by a shah for his dying wife in Agra, India?
The Golden Temple
Fatehpur Sikri
The Red Fort Delhi
Taj Mahal
55. The Taj Mahal was built during which empire in India?
Kushan Empire
Maurya Empire
Mughal Empire
Gupta Empire
56. China had (a) major dynasties
57. What was the last great dynasty of China?
Tang
Ming Dynasty
Zhou
Shang
58. What two Chinese landmarks were completed during the Ming Dynasty? Select them.
Great Wall
Terracotta Warriors
Summer Palace
Forbidden City
59. What happened to China in 1949?
It split into two countries
They had a war within the country
They were colonized
Communism
