Get to Know Asia
- Question: Which of these does not border India?
- Answer: India shares land borders with Pakistan in the northwest; China, Nepal, and Bhutan on the northeast; and Myanmar on the east.
- Question: Which of these nations does not border Thailand?
- Answer: Thailand is bordered by Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia, and Malaysia.
- Question: What separates the two halves of Malaysia?
- Answer: The South China Sea, an arm of the Pacific Ocean, separates Malaysia’s two parts, which are called West Malaysia and East Malaysia.
- Question: What is the longest river in Asia?
- Answer: With a length of 3,915 miles (6,300 kilometers), the Yangtze River of China is the longest river in Asia.
- Question: How far, in kilometers, is Sri Lanka from India?
- Answer: Sri Lanka is a pear-shaped island about 18 miles (29 kilometers) from the southeastern tip of India.
- Question: On what river does China’s Three Gorges Dam lie?
- Answer: The Three Gorges Dam began operation in 1994. The dam allows freighters to navigate 1,400 miles (2,250 kilometers) inland from the East China Sea to Chungking, on the Yangtze River.
- Question: What is the capital of Indonesia?
- Answer: Indonesia’s capital is Jakarta. The city is located in the northwest of the island of Java.
- Question: What language do most people in Bangladesh speak?
- Answer: Bangladesh is inhabited almost entirely by people who speak Bengali, the state language. The country has a distinctive Bengali culture shared by adjacent West Bengal, a state of India.
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