Geography, Asian Style

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1. Which of these countries is not a landlocked country of Asia (that is, bordering on no seas or oceans)? Syria Nepal Mongolia Afghanistan

2. If you listed all the names of the Asian countries down, which one would come first alphabetically? Answer: (Not surprisingly, it begins with A!)

3. Using the International Date Line as the limit, as geographers usually do, which Asian country stretches farthest to the east? Russia Japan China North Korea

4. Which of these groups of islands was, and sometimes still is, referred to as the 'spice islands'? Andaman Islands Molucca Islands Philippines Nicobar Islands

5. The sources of the Indus, Mekong, Salween and Irawaddy rivers can be found in which country? Nepal India China Myanmar

6. Which country of Asia has the most islands? Indonesia Philippines Japan Malaysia

7. I'm feeling a little goofy, so I've made up a name for a sea. Which one of these names did I make up (meaning the other three are actually real seas)? Arabian Sea Sea of Japan Sea of Vietnam East China Sea

8. Of these Asian 'seas', which one is actually a real sea, and not a landlocked lake? Caspian Sea Aral Sea Flores Sea Dead Sea

9. Which of these countries is not properly matched up with its former name? Bangladesh - East Pakistan Iran - Persia China - Zhongguo Thailand - Siam

10. Finally...where can you find some 'Kandy' in Asia? That is, in which country is there a town named Kandy? Turkmenistan Pakistan Sri Lanka Cambodia