The mountains in South America are called the...
Andes Mountains
These two countries were part of India before 1947, but are now their own countries.
Bangladesh and Pakistan
What word means cutting down and destroying forests?
deforestation
This is the English word describing Japan when they were not trading or talking to outside countries.
Isolation or Isolationist
This famous mountain is the highest in the world and is in Nepal (near India).
Mt. Everest
Name one of the two rivers that go through Iraq and were very important to ancient people in the Middle East.
Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
This is the name of the largest rainforest in the world.
The Amazon Rainforest
Which religion do most people practice in the Middle East?
Islam
This is the name of the place where people traded valuable things from places like China and Rome.
The Silk Road
What two languages are widely spoken in South America? Hint: Brazil speaks one and every other country speaks the other.
Portuguese and Spanish
This Japanese Emperor attacked Korea in the 1590s and lost at the Battle of Myeongyang.
Toyotomi Hideyoshi
This is the name of the empire that ruled India in the 1500s and 1600s.
Mughal Empire (the Mughals)
This is the name of the empire that started in Turkey and controlled the Middle East from the 1300s until about 1919.
The Ottoman Empire
Name three of the five big cities in Japan we talked about.
Kyoto, Osaka, Tokyo, Sapporo and Fukuoka
What is the name of the large, famous rock in the center of Australia?
Uluru (Ayers Rock)
The "dance" that Maori people do for many reasons is called a...
haka
This is the name of the leader who helped India become from the UK.
Gandhi
This is the name of the place in Iran with red and sparkly sand beaches.
Hormuz Island
The 2016 Olympics were held in this Brazilian city.
Rio de Janeiro
This is the type of boat many people used to travel in the Pacific Ocean.
Canoe or ocean canoe
This is the name of the area in northern India where there is much fighting.
Kashmir
This is the name of the Vietnamese leader who fought the Americans in the 1960s.
Ho Chi Minh
Which city in Saudi Arabia is the most important for Muslims?
Mecca
China is responsible for inventing these two things. Name both for full points.
Fireworks (gunpowder) and silk
What was the name of Ho Chi Minh City before the Vietnam War?
Saigon