Geography/Asia quiz

There are sometimes various names and spellings for the same place. Go with the versions/spellings that were used in the textbook, but do so before taking the quiz!

{What is the height of Mount Everest (in thousands of metres)? { 9|Nine|nine } thousand metres.
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{ People sometimes use a name that refers to both Europe and Asia as one continent. What is the name? { Eurasia }
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{ Just north of Tibet is a region described in the textbook as being a "dry, low-lying region." What is the name of this region? the { Taklimakan|Taklimakan Desert }
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{ In Central Asia, there is a lake that has largely dried up and turned into a desert. What is the name for this lake? the { Aral Sea }
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{ The textbook mentioned two lakes along the Jordan River. Both are referred to as seas; what are their names, and which one is to the north and which one is to the south? 1. The lake "to the north": the { Sea of Galilee } 2. The lake "to the south": the { Dead Sea }
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{ In what is now Iraq and nearby countries, there was once a region that was quite wet and, therefore, was historically very important, especially in the earlier days of human civilization. It is a general term for the area; what is the term? { Fertile Crescent }
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{ What is the name for the large body of water that is northeast of the Arabian Peninsula, and between that peninsula and the main body of Eurasia? { Persian Gulf } If you pass the quiz, continue the course at Geography/Africa.
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