STUDY GUIDE: Map of Asia
Name __________________________________
Period _____
1. Identify each
country on this
continent.
2. Use the map on
page 596 as a
reference.
3. Identify the
capital of each
country.
4. Use the chart
on the following
page to record
your answers.
COUNTRY
CAPITAL
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Geographic Features of Asia.
 Locate and place on the map below the following bodies of water: Artic Ocean, Indian Ocean, Pacific Ocean, Sea
of Japan, Philippine Sea, South China Sea, Bay of Bengal, Arabia Sea, Persian Gulf, Euphrates River, Indus
River, Tigris River, Ganges River, and Yangzi River.
 Locate and place on the map below the following landforms: Ural Mountains, Arabian Peninsula, Korean
Peninsula, Indochina Peninsula, Malay Peninsula, Himalayan Mountains, Plateau of Tibet, Central Siberian
Plateau, Mongolian Plateau, and Gobi Desert.
(create your own)
KEY
INTRODUCTION TO ASIA (pages 444-449) – Themes of Geography
(1) Location (relative)
A. (page 444)
What ocean lies between the U.S. and China?
The world’s five highest mountains are in Asia. What are they?
How much larger is Asia than Australia?
In what direction would you travel to Asia if you lived on the
West coast of the U.S.?
B. (page 446)
(2) Regions
What are Asia’s four major peninsulas?
What countries are included in East Asia?
What countries are included in Southwest Asia?
What countries are included in South Asia?
What percentage of the world’s population lives in Asia?
What continent has the second highest percentage of the Earth’s
population?
(4) Movement (page 446) What are the highest mountains in the world?
What are some of the transportation barriers on the continent of Asia?
(5) Human-Environment Interaction
A. (page 447)
What countries are included in Southeast Asia?
(3) Place
Which is the largest continent on Earth?
A. (page 445)
What are monsoons?
How do summer and winter monsoons differ?
B. (page 448)
Why has much of the rain forest in Asia been cut
down?
What are some of the island countries of Asia?
Which Asian country has the largest rain forest area?
B. (page 449)
How many of the world’s seven longest rivers are in
Asia?
What are they?
Which Asian countries have LOST rain forest area?