Understanding Asia

What is the capital of Japan?

• Beijing

• Nagasaki

• Mumbai

• Tokyo

What is the capital of India?

• Tokyo

• Mumbai

• New Delhi

• Beijing

What is the name of the mountain range that stretches from China into India?

• Andes

• Himalayas

• Tibet

• Nepal

What is the name of the project China built to spread development into the west and reduce flooding?

• Industrial highway

• Chongqing industrial processing zone

• Three gorges dam

• Two gorges dam

What is the monsoon?

• an Indian saying

• the name of a very rainy season in the summer in India

• the name of a dry season in India

• the name of a very rainy season in the winter in India

Which statement is true?

• The equator runs through India

• India is north of the equator and the Tropic of Capricorn runs through it

• India is south of the equator and the Tropic of Capricorn runs through it

• India is north of the equator and the Tropic of Cancer runs through it

What and where is Thar?

• desert in the north west

• desert in the north east

• semi arid area in central India

• type of pavement

The monsoon rains are very important for growing....

• sugarcane

• cotton

• tea

• rice

The Himalayas are

• mountains

• fold mountains

• volcanoes

• tsunamis

In India more people live in villages and rural areas than in cities.

• True

• False