Test 2
Across
- 1. modern empire that controlled Central Asia for most of the 20th century
- 3. Muslims regard Mecca and Medina as ____ cities
- 6. in 1948 the modern state of ___ was created
- 8. only country in Asia where Catholicism is the majority religion
- 10. provides the major source of income for many major Middle Eastern countries
- 12. world's highest point on land
- 13. lowest point on land
- 18. the Great Wall of China is the world's longest ____
- 19. biblical patriarch
- 20. China's most important rivers are the Huang He and the ____
- 21. World's most populous country
- 22. provided refuge for the Chinese Nationalist after the Chinese Revolution
Down
- 2. North and South Korea were divided along the ___ parallel
- 3. India's main religion
- 4. "Crossroads of the Ancient World"
- 5. island occupied by Brunei, Malaysia, and Indonesia
- 7. the Palestine ___ Organization uses terrorism to demand land for an independent Palestine state
- 9. Japan's largest island
- 11. what canal separates Asia from Africa
- 14. highest point in Japan
- 15. the Ural and Caucasus mountains separate Europe from ____
- 16. Amu Darya and Syr Darya are the two principal rivers of ___
- 17. earth's largest and highest mountain range