Social Studies: Geography of Asia Worksheet

Name ______________________________  Ms. Gifford/LA/April 5, 2012

GEOGRAPHY OF ASIA

LOCATION: USE YOUR MAPS OF ASIA TO HELP YOU ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS.

1. List the oceans that surround Asia. _________________________________________________________________

2. What mountain chains separate Asia from Europe?  What man-made waterway separates Asia from Africa? _________________________________________________________________

3. Identify six large peninsulas in Asia.  Name Southeast Asia’s two archipelagos.________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

4.What mountain range divides Southern Asia from the Far East? _________________

5. List the nations of Asia that share a border with India. ____________________________________________________________________

6. How many countries are landlocked (have no access to the ocean)? Name them. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

REGIONS: USE YOUR MAPS OF ASIA TO HELP YOU ANSWER THE FOLLWOING QUESTIONS.

THE MIDDLE EAST

1. What Middle Easter countries border the Caspian Sea? The Black Sea? The Mediterranean Sea? _________________________________________________________________

2. What island nation lies in the easter Mediterrranean Sea? The Persian Gulf?_________________________________________________________________

3. Identify the strategic straits that divide Turkey between Europe and Asia?_________________________________________________________________

4. What six countries occupy the Arabian Peninsula?  Which is the largest country? the smallest?_________________________________________________________________

5. In what country do the Tigris and Euphrates rivers begin?  Where do they meet?_________________________________________________________________

CENTRAL ASIA

1. What sea is completely enclosed by Central Asia? _________________________________________________________________

2. Which Central Asian republic extends into Eastern Europe?_________________________________________________________________

3. Which republic(s) in Central Asia border Russia?  China?  Iran?_________________________________________________________________

1. Do any Central Asian countries have access to the ocean? _____________

SOUTHERN ASIA

1. List the three major bodies of water that border the Indian subcontinent. _________________________________________________________________

2. What four mainland Southern Asian countries include territory in the Himalayas?_________________________________________________________________

3. Name the capital of the island off the southeast coast of India.

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1. Into what bodies of water do the Indus, Ganges and Brahmaputra empty?_________________________________________________________________
2. Name the countries that border Nepal and Bhutan. _________________________________________________________________

THE FAR EAST

1. Which six Far Eastern countries are located mainly on islands? ________________________________________________________________
2. Name the countries that border the Yellow Sea. _________________________________________________________________
3. Identify the main river that flows through Indochina. _________________________________________________________________
4. What Far Eastern countries border China? India? _________________________________________________________________
5. Which countries occupy Borneo? _________________________________________________________________

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