Test 2

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

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