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What percentage of the Earth's land area does Asia cover?
What percentage of the Earth's land area does Asia cover?
- 50%
- 20%
- 30% (correct)
- 40%
Which mountain range separates the Indian subcontinent from the rest of Asia?
Which mountain range separates the Indian subcontinent from the rest of Asia?
- Himalaya Mountains (correct)
- Rocky Mountains
- Andes Mountains
- Appalachian Mountains
What is the growth rate of the Himalayas per year?
What is the growth rate of the Himalayas per year?
- 1 inch
- 7 inches
- 3 inches
- 5 inches (correct)
What separates Asia from the Arctic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans?
What separates Asia from the Arctic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans?
What event caused the formation of the Himalayas?
What event caused the formation of the Himalayas?
Which geographical feature is NOT listed as one of Asia's five major physical regions?
Which geographical feature is NOT listed as one of Asia's five major physical regions?
Which of the following mountain belts has the highest average elevation?
Which of the following mountain belts has the highest average elevation?
Which of the following peaks is the highest in the Tien Shan mountain system?
Which of the following peaks is the highest in the Tien Shan mountain system?
How old are the Ural Mountains?
How old are the Ural Mountains?
What is the highest peak in the Iranian Plateau?
What is the highest peak in the Iranian Plateau?
Which of the following rivers gently slopes toward the Eastern Ghats and the Bay of Bengal?
Which of the following rivers gently slopes toward the Eastern Ghats and the Bay of Bengal?
What is the average elevation of the Deccan Plateau?
What is the average elevation of the Deccan Plateau?
