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1. Asia

2. Answer the following questions?
1. What is the deepest part of the
earth’s surface?
2. What country in Asia has the
biggest population?
3. What is the significance of
Gobi desert?

3. 4. Where can we find the Lake
Baikal?
5. What is the smallest country
in Asia?
6. What is the largest archipelago
in the world?

4. 7. What is the longest strait in the
world?
8. What is the capital of Vietnam?
9. What is the 3rd biggest country in
the world?
10. What is the capital of
Afghanistan?

5. Identify the capital and region of the
following country.

6. Armenia

7. Azerbaijan

8. Bahrain

9. Bhutan

10. China

11. Cyprus

12. East Timor

13. Georgia

14. India

15. Indonesia

16. Iran

17. Israel

18. Japan

19. Jordan

20. Kazakhstan

21. Kwait

22. Kyrgyzstan

23. Laos

24. Malaysia

25. Maldives

26. Mongolia

27. Burma

28. Nepal

29. North Korea

30. Oman

31. Pakistan

32. Cambodia

33. Bangladesh

34. Kazakhstan

35. Afghanistan

36. Brunei

37. Maldives

38. Syria

39. Oman

40. Lebanon

41. Asia

42. Identify the name of the following
picture and locate where it is found.

43. Himalayas, also Himalaya (Sanskrit for
“abode of snow”), mountain system in
Asia, forming a broad continuous arc
for nearly 2,600 km (1,600 mi) along the
northern fringes of the Indian
subcontinent, from the bend of the Indus
River in the northwest to the
Brahmaputra River in the east.

44. Lake Baikal

45. Lake Baikal, lake in southern Siberian
Russia, the deepest lake in the world with a
maximum depth of 1,637 m (5,371 ft). It is
estimated to contain approximately one-fifth
of all the earth's fresh surface water. The lake
has an area of 31,500 sq km (12,200 sq mi)
and about 1,963 km (about 1,220 mi) of
shoreline, making it the third largest lake in
Asia, as well as the continent’s largest
freshwater lake in terms of surface area. The
crescent-shaped lake is 636 km (395 mi) long
and varies in width from about 14 to 80 km
(about 9 to 50 mi).

46. Caspian Sea

47. It has an area of about 190 sq km
(about 74 sq mi). The depression
declines from a maximum height
of about 146 m (about 479 ft) to
about 28 m (about 92 ft) below
sea level.

48. Klyuchevskaya

49. The highest peak is Klyuchevskaya Sopka
volcano in the eastern range, which rises to a
height of 4,750 m (15,584 ft). A tundra
region, averaging about 650 m (about 2,100
ft) above sea level, forms the western coast of
the peninsula, and the eastern coast is
bordered by cliffs.

50. Gobi Desert

51. Gobi, extensive desert area of southern
Mongolia and northern China. The largest
desert in Asia, it is also known as Shamo, the
Chinese word for “sand desert.” The Gobi,
which is about 1,600 km (about 1,000 mi) in
extent from east to west and about 1,000 km
(about 600 mi) from north to south, has a total
area of 1,300,000 sq km (500,000 sq mi).

52. Dead Sea

53.  Dead Sea, salt lake in southwestern Asia.
Bounded on the west by Israel and the West
Bank and on the east by Jordan, the Dead Sea
forms part of the Israeli-Jordanian border. The
surface of the Dead Sea, 418 m (1,371 ft)
below sea level as of 2006, is the lowest water
surface on earth. The lake is 80 km (50 mi)
long and has a maximum width of 18 km (11
mi); its area is 1,020 sq km (394 sq mi). The
Dead Sea occupies a north portion of the Great
Rift Valley.

54. Strait of Malacca

55.  Strait of Malacca, body of water, southeastern
Asia, separating the Malay Peninsula on the
northeast from the island of Sumatra on the
southwest, and connecting the Andaman Sea,
an arm of the Indian Ocean, on the north with
the South China Sea on the south. The strait,
800 km (500 mi) long, extends in a southeast-
northwest direction and varies in width from
60 km to 480 km (from 40 to 300 mi).

56. Jakarta, Indonesia

57.  The largest archipelago in the world.
 1,904,570 sq km
 Indonesia is the world’s fourth most populous
country after China, India, and the United
States.

58. Dubai, UAE

59.  The Burj al Arab Hotel, located on an artificial
islet in Dubai’s harbor, is designed to look like
a traditional Arabian sailboat. It is one of
numerous extravagantly designed luxury hotels
in Dubai, the commercial and transportation
hub of the United Arab Emirates.

60. Asian Boundaries

61. Ural Mountain
Separates Asia from Europe

62. Bering Strait
Separates Asia from America
The strait was first discovered by the
Russian explorer Semyon
Ivanovich Dezhnyov in 1648. It was
again explored by the Danish
navigator Vitus Bering in 1728 and
later by the British mariners
Captain James Cook and
Frederick William Beechey.

63. Suez Canal
Separate Asia from Africa

64.  artificial waterway running north to south
across the Isthmus of Suez in northeastern
Egypt; it connects the Mediterranean Sea with
the Gulf of Suez, an arm of the Red Sea. The
canal provides a shortcut for ships operating
between both European and American ports
and ports located in southern Asia, eastern
Africa, and Oceania.
 Built by Ferdinand de Lesseps

65. Cape Chelyuskin in Russia
Northernmost point of Asia

66.  promontory, northern Siberian Russia, on the
Boris Vil'kitskiy Strait, (Russian Proliv
Vil'kitskogo), the northernmost point of the
Asian mainland. Also known as Mys
Chelyuskin, it is a portion of the tundra
extending north from the Taymyr Peninsula to
latitude 77°41’ north.

67. Tanjong Plain in Malaysia
Southernmost Point of Asia

68.  Kampong Tanjong in Sarawak is located in
Malaysia - roughly 913 mi (or 1469 km)
East of Kuala Lumpur, the seat of the
Malaysian government.

69. Cape Dezhnev in Russia
Easternmost Point

70.  northeastern Russia, which forms the
easternmost part of the Chukchi Peninsula and
of the entire mainland of Asia. Also called
East Cape, the cape is separated from Cape
Prince of Wales, Alaska, by the Bering Strait.
The cape is named for the Russian explorer S.
I. Dezhnyov, who sailed around it in 1648.

71. Cape Baba in Turkey
Westernmost Point of Asia

72. is the westernmost point of Anatolian part of
Turkey, making it the westernmost point
of whole Asia.

73. Review
1. Why Gobi desert important?
2. What is the deepest part of the
earth?
3. Where is dead sea located?
4. What is the longest river in Asia?
5. What is the biggest lake in Asia?

74. Review
6. What is the smallest country in Asia?
7. What country in Asia has biggest
population?
8. What is the longest strait in Asia?
9. What is the hottest place in Asia?
10. What country in Asia has biggest
deposit of oil?

75. Essential Questions
1. How do topography and climate
make Asia a unique continent in
transforming the lives of its people?
2. How do water forms and landforms
of Asia have contributed to the
nation's development?
3. Why is geography of Asia matters a
lot to the Asians?

76. Which country is not belong?
1. China, Singapore, North Korea
2. India, Pakistan, Turkey
3. Mongolia, Timor-Leste,
Indonesia
4. Malaysia, Thailand, Japan
5. Armenia, Tajikistan, Bangladesh

77. Locate the following sceneries.
1. Ural Mountain 6. Mt. Everest
2. Yangtze River 7. Tibetan Plateau
3. Mekong River 8. Marianas Trench
4. Strait of Bernardino 9. Lake Baikal
5. Caspian Sea 10. Himalayan Ranges
What makes it significant?