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Lesson 53:
The Big Facts About Asia
ACTIVITY 1:
Use your map of Asia on the previous page to locate the words in boldface in the paragraphs below.
When you see a letter by a place or item, write it at the corresponding list of letters below themap.
1. Asia is the youngest andmost mountainous continent.The highest point inAsia and theworld is
(A) Mt. Everest
at 29,029 feet. It is located on the border betweenNepal andChina.The lowest
point inAsia and theworld is the
(B) DeadSea
at -1,302 feet below sea level. It is located on the
border between Israel and Jordan.
2. The longest river inAsia is the
(C)YangtzeRiver
inChina at 3,430miles.Theworld’s largest
body of freshwater, by volume, is
(D) LakeBaikal
inSiberia, Russia. At over 6,000 feet deep, this
lake contains 20 percent of theworld’smelted freshwater supply.The
(E) CaspianSea
is the
largest saltwater lake in theworld.
3.There are 49 independent countries inAsia covering over 17million squaremiles.The largest
country in size is
(F) Russia
.The smallest country in size is the
(G) Maldives
(islands) in the
IndianOcean.The largest island is
(H) Borneo
which is part of
(I) Indonesia
.
4. Seven out of 10 of theworld’smost populated countries are found inAsia.Over 3.7 billion people
live inAsia.
(J) China
has theworld’s largest populationwith
(K) India
running a close second.
Over 40 percent percent of theworld’s population lives in these two countries.
5. The least densely populated country inAsia, with 4 people per squaremile, is
(L) Mongolia
.The
most densely populated country, with 15,285 people per squaremile, is
(M) Singapore
.
6. The
(N)Trans-SiberianRailroad
is theworld’s longest railroad. It stretches fromMoscow to
Valdivostok for 5,886miles.
7. Asia is the birthplace of all of theworld’smajor religions—
(O) Buddhism, (P) Christianity, (Q)
Hinduism, (R) Islam,
and
(S) Judaism
.
Note:
youwill not have to label these letters on themap.
ACTIVITY 2
:
Surrounding Asia in the egg are phrases in which you are to write answers. If needed, you can look
back in the readings about Asia to find this information.
Lowest elevation
Location
Elevation
Name of the longest river
Number of people inAsia
Westernborder landform
Countrywith largest
land area
Land area size
Oceans bordering the
continent
Countrywith largest
population
Of world’s total, fraction
of peoplewho live inAsia
ASIA
Highest elevation
Location
Elevation
Number of countries
