| A | B |
|---|
| landmass of South Asia | subcontinent |
| largest country in South Asia | India |
| island country off the southern coast of India | Sri Lanka |
| rivers of India | Ganges and Brahmaputra |
| NOT rivers of India | Mekong and Indus |
| seasonal winds that influence India's climate | monsoons |
| population of India | 989 million |
| percentage of Indians who are Hindus | 80% |
| Bangladesh used to be part of this country | Pakistan |
| Bhutan, the "Hidden Holy Land" is deeply loyal to this religion | Buddhist |
| the founder of Buddhism | Siddhartha Guatama |
| ruled India from 1700's to 1947 | Great Britain |
| used non-violent resistance to gain independence for India | Mohandas Ghandi |
| India's official language | Hindi |
| the number of time zones in Russia | eleven |
| landform between Europe and Asia | Ural Mountains |
| major center of culture, industry, and government in Russia | Moscow |
| longest coastline in Russia | Arctic Ocean |
| vast area of evergreen forests | taiga |
| Siberia is on this continent | Asia |
| world's largest saltwater lake | Caspian Sea |
| economic system where government owns everything | communism |
| Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkemenistan, Uzbekistan | Central Asian Republics |
| people who move with their flocks in search of pasture | nomads |
| people with a common language, culture, and history | ethnic group |
| struggle for world influence between Russia and U. S. | Cold War |
| hereditary rulers of Russia | czars |
| leader of Bolshevik revolution | Lenin |
| first communist leader of Russia | Lenin |
| Gorbachev's reform policy of openness | glasnost |
| world's third largest country | China |
| fertile soil deposited by wind and water | loess |
| farming by cutting level strip of land out of hillside | terrace farming |
| China's major crop | rice |
| Chinese government wants foreign countries to invest in this | Chinese business |
| China's capital and major industrial city | Beijing |
| thinker whose teachings shaped Chinese culture | Confucius |
| population of China | 1.2 billion |
| Chinese leader who set up the Republic of Taiwan | Chiang Kai-shek |
| landlocked nation in east central Asia | Mongolia |
| European colonies returned to Chinese rule | Hong Kong and Macao |
