Questions 



What are the principal countries under Turkish rule? 



What are the three great rivers of Siberia? The two chief rivers of China? 



What part of the continent has greatly influenced European civilization? 



In what way has Asia been connected with the important religions of the world? 



Is much tobacco grown in Asia? 



Under what European flag do over one-third of the people live? 



What are the tundras? 



What tendency of the people of Eastern Asia has especially retarded their 

 progress? 



What is the tie which unites most of the people of Southwestern Asia? 



Name a well-known book about Asia that may have influenced the discovery of 

 America. 



What states are independent of European rule? 



What is the "roof of the world"? 



Why is the region of the Hoang River becoming important in manufacturing? 



How do Mohammedans regard drinking? 



What kind of cloth is made largely of material from Asia? 



Where are most of France's Asiatic possessions? 



What occupations have the people of Northern Asia? 



What are the four great rivers of Southern Asia? 



When did European interest in the Far East begin? 



From what parts of Asia do the best rugs come? 



How have the mountains affected the story of Asia? 



To what race do most of the people of Eastern Asia belong? 



In what part of the continent are some of the oldest records of civilization? 



Does Siberia raise much wheat? 



What is the highest mountain in Asia? 



What writer has made many people faim'liar with Southern Asia? 



At what time during the Christian Era did it seem that Europe might come 

 under the sway of Asiatics? 



What is Asia's greatest crop? Is it grown to any extent elsewhere? 



Why was it easy for Russia to gain a foothold in Asia? 



Which of Kipling's books tell us of the animal life? 



How large is the trade between Asia and Canada and the United States? 



What country has four colonies in Asia which could all be put in a space that 

 you could drive around in one day in an automobile? 



Why is agriculture important in Asia? 



What is the largest country in the world? 



What are some of the seas which surround Asia? 



What branches of knowledge originated in Asia? 



What interest has Germany in tin- Far East? 



Where does the elephant come from? 



What are th. divisions of Russia-in-Asia? 



When did Europe first learn of the country beyond Asia Minor and Phoenicia? 



What effect has the density of population upon Eastern Asia? 



\Vli.it countries of Asia are called semi-independent, and why? 



How does the population of Asia compare with that of the world as a whole? 



How many miles above the lowest point on the continent is the highest peak? 



Why is Northern Asia so sparsely settled? 



Why are there so few gracing animals in Eastern Asia? 



