ASIA: Home to 60% of the Earth’s people
Use pages 90-99 in the National Geographic Student Atlas of the World to answer
the following questions:
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What is the land area of Asia?
What is the highest point in Asia? What is the lowest point in Asia?
What is the longest river in Asia?
What is the population of Asia?
How many independent countries are in Asia?
What is the largest country? What is the smallest country?
Read the box on page 92. What is the name of the world’s deepest lake?
Find the Plateau of Tibet on page 92. What is the name of the mountain
range to the south of this plateau?
9. Locate Mt. Everest. How many feet tall is this mountain?
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Using pages 92 and 93, what peninsula is Thailand found on?
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What bay is east of India?
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Name the capital cities of Mongolia, China, and Japan.
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Is Sri Lanka an island or a peninsula?
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Most of the tropical wet zones are below what latitude?
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What climate zone is on the Plateau of Tibet?
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How many inches of rain does Japan get a year?
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How much rain does India get a year?
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Read page 96. Do most people in Asia live in rural or urban areas?
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Name two countries with very high population rates.
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Name two cities with more than 10 million people.
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Name two cities with 5 to 10 million people.
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Read page 97. What is the economic lifestyle of the majority of Asia’s
people?
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What is the world’s largest container port? (p. 98)
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What country has the most imports and exports as a trade partner with
the United States?
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Look at the map on page 99. Which country has the most harbor areas
and ports?