WorksheetsAsia Continent Trivia
Total questions: 95
Worksheet time: 54mins
Name the largest continent
Africa
Asia
North America
Antarctica
The continent with the most people.
Africa
India
Asia
North America
The world's largest lake.
Mediterranean Sea
Caspian Sea
Lake Superior
Lake Michigan
The world's highest mountain system.
Rocky Mountains
Caucasus Mountains
The Urals
The Himalayas
The highest mountain in the world.
Mt. Everest
Mt. Ararat
Mt. Fujiyama
Mt. Kilimanjaro
Asia has more ___________ than any other continent.
rivers
volcanoes
mountains
Which mountain is 29,035 feet tall?
Mt. Ararat
Mt. Everest
Mt. Kilimanjaro
Mt. McKinley
The mountain ranges that form the boundaries between Europe and Asia.
Urals and Caucasus
Urals and Himalayas
Himalayas and Caucasus
Which country has more people than any other as of 2024?
Russia
China
India
United States
Which is the second most populated country in the world as of 2024?
Pakistan
China
India
Indonesia
The name of Israel's capital is _______________.
Tel Aviv
Amman
Haifa
Jerusalem
The capital of Lebanon is __________.
Riyadh
Beirut
Bangkok
Tehran
Damascus is the capital of ________________.
Turkey
Syria
Jordan
Jordan's capital is _______________.
Amman
Baghdad
Jerusalem
Seoul
The capital of Iraq is NOT ___________.
Riyadh
Baghdad
The capital of Saudi Arabia is _______________.
Riyadh
Ankara
Tehran
Damascus
Is this correct? Ankara is the capital of Turkey.
No
Yes
New Dehli is the capital of _______________.
Taiwan
Phillipines
India
Indonesia
____________ is the capital of China.
Taiwan
Beijing
Manila
Hong Kong
____________ is the capital of the Phillipines.
Manila
Tokyo
Bangkok
Riyadh
Japan's capital is __________.
Taipei
Beijing
Tokyo
Which is not a river in Asia?
Nile River
Tigris River
Euphrates River
Huang He River
Is the Arabian Sea in Asia?
No
Yes
Asia and Europe are together called __________
Asiaro
Eurasia
The _______ lake is the deepest lake in Asia.
Caspian Sea
Chilika
Baikal
Dead Sea
Which of these places receives the highest average annual rainfall in Asia?
Tibet
Mawsyram
Verkhoyansk
Mawsynram
What is known as 'roof of the world?'
Mount Everest
Dead Sea
Plateau of Tibet
Asia is called the 'continent of extremes.' True or False
False
True
The largest delta in the world_______.
The Ganga Brahmaputra Delta
Ganges Delta
How many independent countries Asia has?
30
40
48
60
The two mountains that separate Asia from Europe.
Alpine Mountains
Ural Mountains
Caucasus Mountains
None of the above
Which sea is shown in the picture?
Baikal Sea
Caspian Sea
Dead Sea
None of the above
There are 7 continents in the world.
True
False
The colour blue represents……..on the globe.
Oceans
Continents
China is located in the continent of North America.
True
False
The Himalaya Mountains are found on the continent of
Asia
Europe
North America
Africa
Asia is the world’s largest continent.
true
false
A country on the continent of Asia is.........
Egypt
Russia
Morocco
Dallas
Asia is a …..
Country
State
Continent
The spoken language in japan is.....
Chinese
Japanese
Arabic
English
Which is the tallest building in Asia?
Burj Khalifa
Pyramids
……… is the Japanese traditional cloth.
Kimono
dresses
Russia is the largest country in the world
true
false
Asia can be divided into five major physical regional characteristics:
mountain systems; plateaus; plains, steppes, and deserts; freshwater environments; and saltwater environments.
The Himalaya mountains extend for about 2,500 kilometers (1,550 miles), separating the Indian subcontinent from...
the rest of Africa.
the rest of Asia.
the rest of Oceania
the rest of the Pacific ocean.
The Himalayas cover more than 612,000 square kilometers (236,000 square miles), passing through the northern states of India and making up most of the terrain of...
Brazil and Brooklyn
China and Japan
Nepal and Bhutan
Australia and New Zeland
The highest mountain summit in the world is...
The Tien Shan mountain system stretches for about 2,400 kilometers (1,500 miles), straddling the border between Kyrgyzstan and China. The name Tien Shan means...
Celestial Mountains
The .........Mountains run for approximately 2,500 kilometers (1,550 miles) in an indirect north-south line from Russia to Kazakhstan. The ........Mountains are some of the world’s oldest,
Rocky
Ukrak
Rural
Ural
Asia is home to many .................., areas of relatively level high ground.
plabors
plateaus
plankton
plaroons
The Tibetan Plateau is usually considered the largest and highest area ever to exist in the history of Earth. Known as the ,"............................” the plateau covers an area about half the size of the contiguous United States and averages more than 5,000 meters (16,400 feet) above sea level.
“Rooftop of the World"
"the Great resort area"
"Expensive place to live"
"The End of the Earth"
The Tibetan Plateau is extremely important to the world’s water cycle because of its tremendous number of ..............
The ice and snow from these glaciers feed Asia’s largest rivers. Approximately 2 billion people depend on the rivers fed by the plateau’s glaciers.
The Deccan Plateau
The Tibetan Plateau
The Iranian plateau
The Teutonic plateau
The West Siberian Plain, located in central Russia, is considered one of the world’s largest areas of continuous ....
Central Asia is dominated by .........landscape, a large area of flat, unforested grassland.
....................... can be divided into different steppe zones: the mountain forest steppe, the arid steppe, and the desert steppe. These zones transition from the country’s mountainous region in the north to the Gobi Desert on the southern border with China.
The Rub’ al Khali desert, considered the world’s largest sand sea, covers an area larger than France across Saudi Arabia, Oman, the United Arab Emirates, and Yemen. It holds roughly half as much sand as Africa’s Sahara desert, even though it is 15 times smaller in size. The desert is known as the Empty Quarter because it is virtually inhospitable to humans except for ................. that live on its edges.
Bedouin tribes
Alien life forms
Desert Loners
Adventurers
Lake Baikal, located in southern Russia, is the deepest lake in the world, reaching a depth of 1,620 meters (5,315 feet). The lake contains ..........percent of the world’s unfrozen freshwater, making it the largest reservoir on Earth.
The Yangtze is the longest river in Asia and the third longest in the world (behind the ..........of South America and the .............of Africa).
Amazon
Mississippi
Nile
Tigris
. The Yangtze is considered the ............. of China. It drains one-fifth of the country’s land area, is home to one-third of its population, and contributes greatly to China’s economy.
lifesaver
lifeguard
lifeblood
lifegiver
The ...............and ...................Rivers begin in the highlands of eastern Turkey and flow through Syria and Iraq, joining in the city of Qurna, Iraq, before emptying into the Persian Gulf.
Tigris
Nile
Euphrates
Yangtze
The land between the two rivers, known as ..........................., was the center of the earliest civilizations, including Sumer and the Akkadian Empire.
The ........................Gulf has an area of more than 234,000 square kilometers (90,000 square miles). It borders Iran, Oman, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, and Iraq.
The ...............................is the largest bay in the world, covering almost 2.2 million square kilometers (839,000 square miles) and bordering Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka, and Burma. Many large rivers, including the Ganges and Brahmaputra, empty into the bay.
Botanists nickname China the “.........................” It has more flowering plant species than North and South America combined.
Mother of the East
Mother of Plants
Mother of Gardens
Mother of the Sun
Because China has such diverse landscapes, from the arid Gobi Desert to the tropical rain forests of Yunnan Province, many flowers can adapt to climates all over the world. From roses to peonies, many familiar flowers most likely originated in northern China. China is the likely origin of such fruit trees as ..............and .................
oranges
mangos
apples
peaches
Asia’s diverse physical and cultural landscape has dictated the way animals have been domesticated. In the Himalayas, communities use yaks as beasts of burden. Yaks are large animals related to ............, but with a thick fiber coat and the ability to survive in the oxygen-poor high altitude of the mountains.
Yaks are not only used for transportation and for pulling plows, but their ...................are sources of warm, hardy fiber.
wooly coats
In the Mongolian steppe, the two-humped Bactrian ..............is the traditional beast of burden. Bactrian ....................are critically endangered in the wild. The ...................’s humps store nutrient-rich fat, which the animal can use in times of drought, heat, or frost. Its size and ability to adapt to hardship make it an ideal pack animal. Bactrians can actually outrun horses over long distances.
cow
buffalo
camel
Yak
The freshwater and marine habitats of Asia offer incredible ...................
Lake Baikal’s age and isolation make it a unique ........................site.
biological
tourist
agricultural
Hundreds of Lake Baikal’s species are ................., meaning they are found nowhere else on Earth. The Baikal seal, for instance, is one of the few freshwater seal species in the world. The Baikal seal feeds primarily on the Baikal oil fish and the omul. Both fishes are similar to salmon, and provide fisheries for the communities on the lake.
indigenous
from out of this world
epidermis
endemic
The Bay of Bengal, on the Indian Ocean, is one of the world’s largest tropical marine .................... The bay is home to dozens of marine mammals, including the bottlenose dolphin, spinner dolphin, spotted dolphin, and Bryde’s whale. The bay also supports healthy tuna, jack, and marlin fisheries.
The swampy jungle of the Sundarbans supports a rich .......................community. Hundreds of species of fish, shrimp, crabs, and snails live in the exposed root system of the mangrove trees. The Sundarbans supports more than 200 species of aquatic and wading birds. These small animals are part of a food web that includes wild boar, macaque monkeys, monitor lizards, and a healthy population of Bengal tigers.
animal
Which ocean lies to the east of Japan?
Atlantic
Indian
Pacific
Arctic
Where does the Japanese get most of their food from?
the sea/ocean (fishing)
farming (agriculture)
hunting & gathering
True
What are the four main islands of Japan?
Honshu
Sendai
Hokkaido
Shikoku
Kyushu
What percentage of Japan's land is suitable for farming?
10%
15%
30%
40%
