World Cultures: Borgstrom

Student: ________________________
Vocabulary Checkup: Geographic Focus on Asia;
5th six weeks
Date: __________Period: ________
1. A mountain system of south-central Asia extending about 2,414 km (1,500 mi) through
Kashmir, northern India, southern Xizang (Tibet), Nepal, Sikkim, and Bhutan. This
mountain range includes nine of the world's ten highest peaks, including Mount Everest.
This mountain system forms the border between Central Asia and the subcontinent of
South Asia. What is the name of this mountain system?
A.
B.
C.
D.

The Andes Mountains

The Rocky Mountains
The Himalaya Mountains
The Ural Mountains

2. A mountain in the central Himalayas on the border of Tibet and Nepal is the
highest mountain peak in the world (29,028 feet high). What is the name of this
mountain?
A.
B.
C.
D.

Mt. Fuji
Pikes Pike
Mt. McKinley
Mt. Everest

3. This mountain is an active volcano on the island of Honshu. This mountain is the
highest peak in Japan reaches an elevation of 3,776 m. It is located 90 km westsouthwest of Tokyo.
A. Mt. Fuji
B. Pikes Pike
C. Mt. McKinley
D. Mt. Everest
4. This landform is a vast, elevated area in Central Asia covering most of the Tibet
Autonomous Region and Qinghai Province in China and Ladakh in Indiacontrolled Kashmir. Sometimes called "the roof of the world," it is the highest and
biggest landform of its type, with an area of 2.5 million square kilometers (about
four times the size of Texas). What is the name of this landform?
A. The Edwards Plateau
B. The Tibetan Plateau
C. The Manchurian Plain
D. The Deccan Plateau

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Student: ________________________
Vocabulary Checkup: Geographic Focus on Asia;
5th six weeks
Date: __________Period: ________

5. This weather system is traditionally defined as a seasonal reversing wind

accompanied by corresponding changes in precipitation, this term is used to
refer to the rainy phase of a seasonally-changing pattern, although technically
there is also a dry phase. What is the term?
A. monsoon
B. cyclone
C. typhoon
D. tropical storm
6. This area in the Pacific Ocean is a nearly continuous series of oceanic trenches
and active volcanoes around the basin of the Pacific Ocean. What is the name
for this area?
A. The Philippine Islands
B. Indonesia
C. Oceania
D. The Ring of Fire

7. This landform is made up of islands or island group in a chain or cluster of

islands that were formed tectonically. What is the name of this landform?
A. delta
B. archipelago
C. plateau
D. volcanic
8. Two rivers that are important to South Asia are the .
A. The Yangtze and The Indus
B. The Ganges and The Indus

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C. The Yellow and the Yangtze
D. The Mississippi and the Yangtze

9. Two rivers that are important to China are the

A. The Yangtze and The Indus
B. The Ganges and The Indus
C. The Yellow and the Yangtze
D. The Mississippi and the Yangtze
10. Two large desert areas in Asia are .
A. The Sahara and the Gobi Desert
B. The Great Indian and Kalahari Deserts
C. The Gobi and Taklimakan Deserts
D. The Taklimakan and Kalahari Deserts
11. GDP stands for Gross Domestic Product. What does GDP measure?
A. The total dollar value of all imports and exports produced in a year
B. The total dollar value of all goods and services produced in a year
C. The total dollar value of all goods and imports produced in a year
D. The total dollar value of all services and exports produced in a year
12. The term demographics means
A. Data about human populations
B. Data about the use of graphics
C. Data about the spread of democracy
D. Data about human and animal populations

World Cultures: Borgstrom

Student: ________________________
Vocabulary Checkup: Geographic Focus on Asia;
5th six weeks
Date: __________Period: ________