| A | B |
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| Kazakhstan | largest republic of Central Asia |
| India | has more livestock than any other country in the world |
| Uzbekistan | contains the densely populated Fergana Valley |
| Afghanistan | has its capital at Kabul |
| New Delhi | capital of India |
| Caspian Sea | body of water considered the world's largest lake |
| Islam | dominant religion of Central Asia |
| caste system | social system that divides the people of India into numerous classes and subclasses |
| Hinduism | main religion of India |
| Philippines | only country in Asia where Catholicism is the majority religion |
| Soviet Union | modern empire controlled Central Asia for most of the 20th century |
| China | world's most populated country that has population of over 1 billion |
| Bangladesh, Nepal, and Pakistan | countries located on the Indian subcontinent |
| Amu Darya and the Syr Darya | 2 principal rivers of Central Asia |
| Ural and Caucasus | 2 mountain ranges that divide Europr from Asia |
| Suez Canal | man-made body of water that separates Asia from Africa |
| Middle East | area that is called the "Crossroads of the Ancient World" |
| Mecca and Medina | the 2 cities in Saudi Arabia that the Muslims regard as holy |
| Himalayas | earth's largest and highest mountain range |
| Taiwan | the island that provided refuge for the Chinese Nationalists after the Chinese civil war |
| Dead Sea | lowest point of land |
| Palestine Liberation Organization | name of the militant organization that uses terrorism to demand land for an independent Palestinian state |
| 1948 | year the modern state of Israel was created |
| Great Wall of China | world's longest fortification |
| Hinduism | India's main religion that forbids the slaughter of cattle |
| Chang Jiang and Huang He | China's two most important rivers |
| Mt. Everest | world's highest point |
| 38th parallel | Where North and South Korea are divided |
| Muang Thai | offical name for Thailand that means "land of the free" |
| Mt. Fuji | highest point in Japan |
| Brunei, Indonesia, and Malaysia | occupy the island of Borneo |
| oil | provides the major source of income for many mojor Middle Eastern countries |
| Arabs and Jews | descendants of the Biblical partriarch Abraham |
| Honshu | Japan's largest island |
