What country spans both Europe and Asia?
(1 point)
Responses
India
India
Russia
Russia
Greece
Greece
Saudi Arabia
Russia
Which of the following is not true about the Pacific Ring of Fire?
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Responses
It is an arc of intense seismic activity.
It is an arc of intense seismic activity.
It includes the northern edge of Alaska.
It includes the northern edge of Alaska.
It is a zone of frequent earthquakes.
It is a zone of frequent earthquakes.
It is the result of plate tectonics.
It includes the northern edge of Alaska.
What Asian body of water contains 20 percent of the planet’s surface fresh water?
(1 point)
Responses
The Yangtze River
The Yangtze River
Lake Taupo
Lake Taupo
Lake Baikal
Lake Baikal
The Dead Sea
Lake Baikal
Which of the following characteristics do many island countries in the Pacific Ocean share?
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Responses
They are susceptible to freezing temperatures.
They are susceptible to freezing temperatures.
They experience significant seismic activity.
They experience significant seismic activity.
Their volcanoes are dormant.
Their volcanoes are dormant.
Their mountains are the highest in the world.
They experience significant seismic activity.
Which country features the Tigris and Euphrates rivers?
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Responses
Egypt
Egypt
China
China
Iraq
Iraq
Israel
Israel
Iraq
Which of the following best describes Shintoism?
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Responses
This Japanese religion worships ancestors and natural spirits.
This Japanese religion worships ancestors and natural spirits.
This is a Chinese philosophy centering on self-awareness.
This is a Chinese philosophy centering on self-awareness.
It is a branch of Hinduism that worships sacred animals.
It is a branch of Hinduism that worships sacred animals.
It is a sect of Islam that follows a literal interpretation of the Quran.
This Japanese religion worships ancestors and natural spirits.
What island nation lies between the South China Sea and the Pacific Ocean?
(1 point)
Responses
Japan
Japan
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
The Philippines Islands
The Philippines Islands
New Zealand
The Philippines Islands
The Himalayas span all of the following countries except
(1 point)
Responses
India.
India.
China.
China.
Mongolia.
Mongolia.
Nepal.
Mongolia.
China and India share a distinction regarding their populations. What is it?
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Responses
Approximately two-thirds of their populations live in urban areas.
Approximately two-thirds of their populations live in urban areas.
Both populations have grown to more than one billion people.
Both populations have grown to more than one billion people.
About 20 percent of their populations are immigrants.
About 20 percent of their populations are immigrants.
Each has reversed its growing trend.
Both populations have grown to more than one billion people.
In which region of Asia would you find the Gobi Desert?
(1 point)
Responses
East Asia
East Asia
Western Asia
Western Asia
South Asia
South Asia
Southeast Asia
Southeast Asia