Views of Asia, Australia, and New Zealand

Views of Asia, Australia, and New Zealand — page 3 — RCH Le PE IS SI S X in 1 True or false The highest point on Earth is in Asia 34 11 19 26 21 23 16 18 15 14 20 22 31 28 47 30 38 24 N 25 36 WARD 13 DID YOU KNOW Asia is the birthplace of all the major religions of the world Statue of Buddha in Satchanalai Thailand OR RoyaltyFree Corbis

Views of Asia, Australia, and New Zealand — page 4 — A SIA The Largest Continent 17 sia is the world's largest continent It covers about one third of COUNTRIES OF ASIA the Earth's land and has about three fifths of the world's population 1 Afghanistan Japan China and India are some of the most familiar of Asia's 2 Armenia nearly 50 countries In fact Asia is so big that it's often easier to talk 3 Azerbaijan 4 Bahrain about the regions rather than the countries of Asia The region 5 Bangladesh names commonly used are North Asia Central Asia East Asia 6 Bhutan Southeast Asia South Asia and Southwest Asia the last one is 7 Brunei 8 Cambodia usually called the Middle East 9 China Most of the continent is made up of mountains and tablelands 10 East Timor The Himalayan mountain chain in South Asia includes the highest 11 Georgia point on Earth Mount Everest The Earth's lowest point the Dead 12 India 13 Indonesia Sea is in Asia too 14 Iran Asia is home to many kinds of animals Reindeer Arctic foxes 15 Iraq and hares seals walruses and lemmings can be found in the far 16 Israel north Elk brown bears and sables live in the cool forests Antelope 17 Japan 18 Jordan wild sheep and goats are found in the steppes and deserts Black 19 Kazakhstan bears pandas tigers and monkeys can be found in southern and 20 Kuwait eastern Asia Southern Asia is also noted for elephants leopards 21 Kyrgyzsta crocodiles cobras and peacocks 22 Laos 23 Lebanon Northern Asia has very cold winters and cool summers It is 24 Malaysia covered by tundravast treeless plains common in cold regions 25 Maldives Central Asia has cold winters and hot summers with little rainfall 26 Mongolia Southern Asia has a warm climate all year with a lot of rain There 27 Myanmar are rainforests all across southern Asia And nearly all Asian 28 Nepal 29 North Korea countries share one very important food plant rice 30 Oman 37 SD 32 LEARN MORE READ THESE ARTICLES CHINA INDIA JAPAN 13 31 Pakistan 32 Philippines 33 Qatar 34 Russia part 35 Saudi Arabia 36 Singapore 37 South Korea 38 Sri Lanka 39 Syria 40 Tajikistan 41 Thailand 42 Turkey 43 Turk 44 United Arab Emirates 45 Uzbekistan 46 Vietnam o 10 47 Yemen esy uy s soJoA gunow meanou see Puom a 3NL Easy

Views of Asia, Australia, and New Zealand — page 5 — Asia's Largest Country Beijing no The People's Republic of China is Asia's largest country and has more people than any other country in the world more than a billion and a quarter The capital city is Beijing Han or Mandarin is the most widely spoken language of China's several dozen languages The Chinese civilization is one of the world's oldest and has produced such famous thinkers as Confucius Parts of China are very mountainous as is the Qinghai Tibet Plateau in southwest China One part of the plateau is called the Roof of the World China is so big that some parts are scorching hot deserts while it rains almost every day in some southeastern regions Many boats and ships carry people and goods on China's major rivers the Huang He Yangtze and Pearl China also has many railroads as well as three of the world's longest highways China's enormous and varied land area supports many plants and animals Some Chinese animals have become extinct in the rest of the world including the giant salamander the giant panda and the great paddlefish Many of China's trees provide useful substances CH 1 The tung tree and the camphor tree produce valuable oils The A lacquer or varnish tree produces substances used in making wooden objects And from the star anise tree comes a food flavoring In addition Chinese farmers produce more rice than does any other country People around the world enjoy eating Chinese food But Find and China has many more traditional and regional dishes than corect the most non Chinese know about In addition to rice and error in the noodles Chinese dishes include delicacies such as steamed following sentence The People's Republic chicken feet and hundred year old eggs of China is the largest country in Asia LEARN MORE READ THESE ARTICLES and has the most THE GREAT WALL JAPAN KOREAN PENINSULA people more than a million and a quarter

Views of Asia, Australia, and New Zealand — page 6 — CHINA DID YOU KNOW You may think of pasta as an Italian dish but actually it was created in China So were fireworks compasses silk chopsticks crossbows paper and paper money Rice is one of the most important crops grown in China Famers use terraced fields such as these to grow rice on hillsides O Karen Su Cortis auenbe pue BOIT e up auto PuOn an u adoed so auP sery pue esy uy Kunon saRuegy aps eunuo Jo ounday saidoad a Pamsung

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