What country spans both Europe and Asia?

Question

(1 point)
Responses

India
India

Russia
Russia

Greece
Greece

Saudi Arabia

Which of the following is not true about the Pacific Ring of Fire?
(1 point)
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It is an arc of intense seismic activity.
It is an arc of intense seismic activity.

It includes the northern edge of Alaska.
It includes the northern edge of Alaska.

It is a zone of frequent earthquakes.
It is a zone of frequent earthquakes.

It is the result of plate tectonics.
It is the result of plate tectonics.

What Asian body of water contains 20 percent of the planet’s surface fresh water?
(1 point)
Responses

The Yangtze River
The Yangtze River

Lake Taupo
Lake Taupo

Lake Baikal

Lake Baikal

The Dead Sea

Which of the following characteristics do many island countries in the Pacific Ocean share?
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They are susceptible to freezing temperatures.
They are susceptible to freezing temperatures.

They experience significant seismic activity.
They experience significant seismic activity.

Their volcanoes are dormant.
Their volcanoes are dormant.

Their mountains are the highest in the world.

Which country features the Tigris and Euphrates rivers?
(1 point)
Responses

Egypt
Egypt

China
China

Iraq
Iraq

Israel
Israel

Which of the following best describes Shintoism?

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This Japanese religion worships ancestors and natural spirits.

This Japanese religion worships ancestors and natural spirits.

This is a Chinese philosophy centering on self-awareness.
This is a Chinese philosophy centering on self-awareness.

It is a branch of Hinduism that worships sacred animals.
It is a branch of Hinduism that worships sacred animals.

It is a sect of Islam that follows a literal interpretation of the Quran.

What island nation lies between the South China Sea and the Pacific Ocean?

(1 point)
Responses

Japan
Japan

Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka

The Philippines Islands
The Philippines Islands

New Zealand
New Zealand

The Himalayas span all of the following countries except
(1 point)
Responses

India.
India.

China.
China.

Mongolia.
Mongolia.

Nepal.
Nepal.

China and India share a distinction regarding their populations. What is it?
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Approximately two-thirds of their populations live in urban areas.
Approximately two-thirds of their populations live in urban areas.

Both populations have grown to more than one billion people.
Both populations have grown to more than one billion people.

About 20 percent of their populations are immigrants.
About 20 percent of their populations are immigrants.

Each has reversed its growing trend.
Each has reversed its growing trend.

In which region of Asia would you find the Gobi Desert?
(1 point)
Responses

East Asia
East Asia

Western Asia
Western Asia

South Asia
South Asia

Southeast Asia

Answer 1

Here are the correct answers to your questions:

1. What country spans both Europe and Asia?

   • Russia

2. Which of the following is not true about the Pacific Ring of Fire?

   • All statements are true; therefore, this question might need clarification. However, if you must choose one, there isn't an obvious untrue statement.

3. What Asian body of water contains 20 percent of the planet's surface fresh water?

   • Lake Baikal

4. Which of the following characteristics do many island countries in the Pacific Ocean share?

   • They experience significant seismic activity.

5. Which country features the Tigris and Euphrates rivers?

   • Iraq

6. Which of the following best describes Shintoism?

   • This Japanese religion worships ancestors and natural spirits.

7. What island nation lies between the South China Sea and the Pacific Ocean?

   • The Philippines Islands

8. The Himalayas span all of the following countries except

   • Mongolia.

9. China and India share a distinction regarding their populations. What is it?

   • Both populations have grown to more than one billion people.

10. In which region of Asia would you find the Gobi Desert?

    • East Asia