Answers to Questions ? (Geography)?

Question

1. Describe the following person and give a description of what they are known for:

Siddhartha Guatama

2. Give the definition for each of the following:

Monsoon

Typhoon

Cyclone

3. ___________ is called "The Gift of the Nile"

4. ___________ is a manmade feature that connects the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea.

5. The ___________ was built on the Nile River to control flooding.

6. Tropical Rain Forests are located in the ___________

7. The source of the Nile River is ___________

8. ____________ are huge square stone monuments with triangular sides Egyptians used as burial places.

9. ____________ is the most populous country in the world

10. The ____________ is the only manmade feature that can be seen from space.

11. ___________ is the name of a city and a country

12. List the island countries of Asia: _______________

13. ___________ is the name of the symbolic leader of Japan that has no power

Answer 1

1. Hindu prince that eventually founded Buddhism.

2. Monsoon—seasonal shifts in wind directions alternate between heavy precipitation and very light precipitation

Typhoon—Name for a tropical cyclone in the West Pacific.

Cyclone—Any center of either low or high pressure with cycling air currents around it.

3. Egypt

4. Sinai Cannal

5. Aswan High Dam

6. Tropics

7. Lake Victoria

8. Pyramids

9. China

10. Traditional answer is the Great Wall of China, but astronauts can also see paved areas of large cities, lakes created by dams, large canals, and much more.

11. Djibouti, many others such as Ireland, Indiana.

12. Singapore, Taiwan, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Indonesia, East Timor, Phillipines, Japan, Palau, Micronesia, Bahrain.

13. Emperor