What heavily polluted major India river is sacred in Hinduism?

Which country has the largest population in the world?

Chiang Kai-shek and his republican government fled to ___ after suffering defeat in the Chinese Civil War.

Which region of Asia can also be called the "land of the 'stans"?

Hong Kong is owned by China but has a high degree of autonomy (the ability to self-govern).

What is the national language of India?

Which Chinese semi-autonomous region is nicknamed "The Rooftop of the World" due to its high average elevation?

Who was the communist founder of the People's Republic of China?

Those in India who are so low in status they are viewed as beneath the caste system are called what?

What is the only country in Indochina to have never been colonized by a European power?

Today South Korea remains communist and is closed off from the rest of the world.

The Philippines are unique in that they were the only country in the region that was colonized by which European power?

In the years leading up to World War I, Turkey carried out a genocide against the people of which country?

Who was the communist founder of Vietnam?

What are the two regions of Southeast Asia?

What is the only landlocked country in Indochina?

Taiwan is its own sovereign and independent nation.

Priests are atop the Hindu caste system.

Which country is the financial and high tech hub of Southeast Asia?

Which country is the financial and high tech hub of Southeast Asia?

Who was the leader of the Khmer Rouge?

Which eastern religion is based off the Four Noble Truths?

Which religion was formed out of one man's efforts to combine elements of Hinduism and Islam?

What is the most common religion in the Philippines?

The Khmer Rouge took over which country in 1975?

The belief common in Eastern religions that the soul is reborn into a new body after death is called what?

Which of the following is currently NOT a communist country?

Which country controlled the Korean Peninsula leading up to World War II?

Which of the following countries is NOT located in and around the Caucasus Mountains?

In which city have their been massive protests in recent years over the proposal of certain laws?

What is the title of the leader of Tibetan Buddhism?

What is the majority religion of Bangladesh?

What is the largest city in Indochina

Japan is rich with natural resources.

What mountain range separates South Asia from the rest of Asia?

The idea that if one Southeast Asian country fell to communism they all would is called what?

What country has more Muslims than any other country in the world?

What is the name of the Indonesian volcano which erupted in 1883 as the the most violent eruption in recorded history?

Which country split off from India before eventually being split in two itself?

What city in Turkey is the former capital of both the Byzantine and Ottoman Empires?

What is the largest and most influential country in the Middle East?

The Promised Land that God promised Abraham in the Old Testament is mostly located in which modern country?

The Gaza Strip and West Bank regions of Israel are known today by what name?

Muhammad was born in which city?

What is the most religiously diverse country in the Middle East?

Which country is often called the "oasis of stability" in the Eastern Mediterranean region of the Middle East?

Israel is Iran's strongest ally in the Middle East.

Name 2 countries in the Levant.

Who founded the Islamic terrorist group called Al-Qaeda?

Khat, an addictive stimulant, is the number one cash crop in which country?

Which of the following countries is NOT a Shia majority country?

. Turkey is rimmed by mountains which include the biblical Mt. _____, the resting place of Noah’s ark (Gen. 8).

Iran was called ____ until 1935.

Which country requires every one of its citizens to serve in the military for at least a couple years?

The two most important rivers in the Middle East.

What is the oldest independent state in the Arab world?

Who was the founder of Islam?

Which country is world famous for its cedar reserves?

In 1974, a coup attempt in Cyprus prompted _____ to invade the northern third of the island.

The Levant and the river valleys of Mesopotamia form the _______, which has been been heavily populated since biblical times

Which country is home to the Al-Jazeera Global Media Network?

. Cyprus is bitterly divided between what two groups?

Cyprus is officially split into two countries, but in reality the country is unified.

There are four countries known as the Emirates of the Persian Gulf. Which of the following is NOT one of them?

In 1990, Iraq leader Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait which sparked which war?

. Which country is often called Asia Minor?

The modern country of Israel has existed for thousands of years.

The Levant belonged to Turkey/Ottoman Empire until their loss in World War I. Then the British and French took it over, and their territories came to be called _____.

Most of the world's Muslims are Sunni.

What are the two main divisions/sects in Islam?

Mesopotamia is located mostly in which country?

The Iranian Revolution of 1979 overthrew a western established monarchy and replaced it with what type of government?

The Middle East is the birthplace of all of the following monotheistic religions except _____.

The United States does not recognize Palestine as its own country.

What is the richest country in the Persian Gulf region thanks in large part to its oil reserves?

What is the oldest continually inhabited city in the world?

Bashar al-Assad is a main figure in which country's current civil war?

While the primary source of controversy in the Persian Gulf region has been oil, in the Eastern Mediterranean region it has been ____.

The period between the1880s-1910s during which the major European powers rushed to colonize Africa is often called what?

What country used to be a great regional power regarding trade but has descended into chaos since and is currently experiencing a long lasting civil war?

What is the largest country in Africa by population?

Several villages which come from the same descendent form a _____.

The massive series of mountains and valleys prominent in East Africa produced by the earth’s tectonic plates fracturing and splitting apart over time is called what?

What is the largest lake in Africa?

Which island off the eastern coast of Africa used to be a Muslim slave trading port but is now known for tourism and its spices?

The Twa people were the primary victims of the Rwandan Genocide.

. Which of the following countries is not in the Maghreb?

The capital of the African Union headquarters are located in what city?

_____ Falls, on the Zambezi River, was discovered by David Livingstone.

Who was the former jailed leader of the African National Congress who would go on to become the president of South Africa in the first post-apartheid election?

Saharan Africa shares much in common with the Middle East.

In which country did the 'Black Hawk Down' incident occur?

What is the largest city in Africa?

What is the largest city in Africa?

What mountain chain is located in Northwest Africa?

Which country did Italian dictator Benito Mussolini invade in the years leading up to World War 2?

What desert in Southern Africa covers roughly half of Botswana? Kalahari ( Your Answer )

Which of the following countries is NOT in the horn of Africa region?

Liberia comes from the Latin word 'Liber' which means what?

What is the highest mountain in Africa?

What is the name of the Dutch based South African language that also incorporates elements of other regional dialects?

The grassy transitional area from the Sahara down to the jungles of Central and West Africa is called the _____.

The trans-Atlantic slave trade was most prevalent in which region of Africa?

Wildlife reserves, including Serengeti National Park, cover around 1/4 of which country's land?

Which country is home to the Suez Canal?

Christianity is the majority religion in sub-Saharan Africa.

he Rwandan Genocide was part of a conflict primarily between what two groups?

Shortly after World War II, the South African government instituted a political and social system based on segregation called _____.

What is the official language of trade and commerce in the countries of East Africa?

The _____ people live mostly along the big game reserves in Kenya and northern Tanzania.

. Which of the following countries was NOT ever colonized by Europeans?