08/22/23 Grif.Net - Asian Superlatives
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[When teaching Intro to Geography at Pillsbury College, I found many students had “holes” in their knowledge of the physical or cultural geography of Asia. They knew much more about North America and Europe, but gaps about the other continents. Today’s quiz is, therefore, tough. And to make it harder, it is the dreaded “fill-in-the-blank” format. It IS the best way to test objective facts.
GUESSES ALLOWED. GOOGLE ISN’T. All answers are IN ASIA. Answers tomorrow.]
1. What is the world's highest mountain range? _______________
2. What is the world's largest country in land area? _______________
3. What is the world’s largest single sand dune? _______________
4. What is the world’s largest city by area? _______________
5. What is the world's richest country? _______________
6-7. What are the world's most populated and second most populated countries, in order? First, _______________, then second _______________
8. What is the lowest point on earth (on dry land)? _______________
9. What is the world's largest Archipelago? _______________
10. What is the world's largest flood plain? _______________
11. What is the world's largest inter tidal wetlands? _______________
12. Where is the world's largest swamp? _______________
13. Where is the world's largest steppe? _______________
14. What is the world’s largest land-locked country (there are 12 in Asia)? _______________
15. What is the world’s most-spoken language? _______________
16. What is the world's largest city by population? _______________
17. Where is the world’s largest mangrove forest? _______________
18. Approximately how much of the world’s population lives in Asia? _____%
19. Approximately how much of the world’s land area does Asia cover? ____%
21-26. There are a dozen monarchies in Asia. List 6.
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27-30. Asia includes the four highly developed free economies known as the “Four Asian Tigers”. These free economies include:
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Dr Bob Griffin
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