Map of Asia.Asia is the largest continent, with an area of more than 17 million square miles. Russia's Ural Mountains Ural Mountains Mountain range, Russia and Kazakhstan. Generally held to constitute the boundary between Europe and Asia, the range extends north-south for some 1,550 mi (2,500 km) from just south of the Kara Sea to the Ural River; a southward spur extends into northwestern form Asia's western boundary; the continent stretches eastward to the Pacific Ocean. Asia includes the vast, thinly-populated expanse of Siberia; the deserts of Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia (sä  `dē ərā`bēə, sou`–, sô–), officially Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, kingdom (2005 est. pop. , central Asia, Mongolia, and parts of China, the fertile land of the Indian sub-continent; and rain forests in the tropics tropics, also called tropical zone or torrid zone, all the land and water of the earth situated between the Tropic of Cancer at lat. 23 1-2°N and the Tropic of Capricorn at lat. 23 1-2°S. . Asia has the world's highest mountains The following is a list of the world's 100+ highest mountains per height above sea level, all of which are located in Asia. Only those summits are included that, by an objective measure, may be considered individual mountains as opposed to subsidiary peaks. , sometimes called "the roof of the world." The continent includes the major island countries of Indonesia, Japan, and the Philippines. More than 3.7 billion people live in Asia--that's more than half the world's population. 1. Locate these countries of Asia, then name the capital of each: (A) China: __________ (B) Iran: __________ (C) Japan: __________ (D) South Korea: __________ (E) North Korea: __________ (F) Vietnam: __________ (G) India: __________ (H) Indonesia: __________ (I) Afghanistan: __________ 2. Travel the continent along the 90[degrees]E meridian of longitude meridian of longitude: see longitude. and name the countries you would cross: __________ 3. What geographical features of Asia match these descriptions? (A) These mountains occupy parts of Tibet (China), Nepal, and India and are the world's highest: __________ (B) These two high mountain ranges extend into parts of Pakistan and China: __________ (C) The sea that separates the Philippines from the mainland of Asia: __________ (D) This sea is bordered by Oman, Pakistan, and India: __________ (E) The oceans that border Asia: on the north: __________; on the east: __________; on the south: __________ (F) The gulf and the sea that separate Africa from Asia: __________ (G) The desert that covers most of Mongolia and part of northern China: __________ (H) Two major rivers that flow through both Iraq and Turkey: __________ 4. Locate and name the countries that fit these descriptions: (A) This country is an island archipelago that is 3,000 miles from east to west. It is also Asia's southernmost country: __________ (B) The country along India's western border that is India's political and religious rival: __________ (C) The two countries that are sandwiched between Vietnam and Thailand: __________ (D) Three important trading partners of the U.S are located at: 37[degrees]N, 140[degrees]E: __________ at 37[degrees]N, 128[degrees]E: __________, and at 40[degrees]N, 100[degrees]E: __________ (E) These two countries are Asia's most populous, each with a population that exceeds 1 billion people: __________ (F) The three countries that surround the Bay of Bengal Noun 1. Bay of Bengal - an arm of the Indian Ocean to the east of India Andaman Sea - part of the Bay of Bengal to the west of the Malay Peninsula Indian Ocean - the 3rd largest ocean; bounded by Africa on the west, Asia on the north, Australia on the east : __________ (G) The country that extends the farthest north and the farthest east: __________ 5. Calculate the distance (to the nearest 100 miles) if you flew from Seoul, South Korea, to Manila, Philippines: __________ RELATED ARTICLE: Answers Map of Asia 1. (A) Beijing (B) Tehran (C) Tokyo (D) Seoul (E) Pyongyang (F) Hanoi (G) New Delhi New Delhi (dĕl`ē), city (1991 pop. 294,149), capital of India and of Delhi state, N central India, on the right bank of the Yamuna River. (H) Jakarta (I) Kabul 2. Russia, Mongolia, China, Bhutan, India, Bangladesh 3. (A) Himalaya (B) Hindu Kush Hindu Kush (hĭn`d k sh), a high mountain system, extending c. and Kunlun (C) South China Sea (D) Arabian Sea Arabian Sea, ancient Mare Erythraeum, northwest part of the Indian Ocean, lying between Arabia and India. The Gulf of Aden, extended by the Red Sea, and the Gulf of Oman, extended by the Persian Gulf, are its principal arms. (E) Arctic Ocean; Pacific Ocean; Indian Ocean (F) Gulf of Aden Noun 1. Gulf of Aden - arm of the Indian Ocean at the entrance to the Red Sea Indian Ocean - the 3rd largest ocean; bounded by Africa on the west, Asia on the north, Australia on the east and merging with the Antarctic Ocean to the south , Red Sea (G) Gobi Desert (H) Tigris River, Euphrates River 4. (A) Indonesia (B) Pakistan (C) Laos, Cambodia (D) Japan; South Korea; China (E) China, India (F) India, Bangladesh, Myanmar (G) Russia 5. 1,500 or 1,600 miles |
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