1. The Ural Mountains separate:

the Russian Federation and China

India and Pakistan

North Korea and South Korea

*the European and Asian parts of the Russian Federation

2. Which U.S. state does not border the Pacific Ocean?

Alaska

Oregon

Washington

*Nevada

3. Although its leaders have called the country Myanmar since 1989, those opposed to those leaders still call it:

Ceylon

*Burma

Bhutan

Brunei

4. The Bering Strait links:

*Asia and North America

Australia and New Zealand

Asia and Europe

Australia and Asia

5. A country not in Southeast Asia is:

Laos

Vietnam

Cambodia

*Mongolia

6. Colonial India eventually became India, Pakistan and ______________.

Bahrain

*Bangladesh

Oman

Tibet

7. Although China considers _____________ one of its provinces, the rest of the world recognizes the island nation as a sovereign country.

*Taiwan

Sri Lanka

Singapore

Okinawa

8. The largest country in the world by land mass is:

Australia

India

China

*The Russian Federation

9. Which of these countries is not an island or a group of islands:

Indonesia

Japan

*Thailand

New Zealand

10. Military forces still patrol the 38^th parallel that serves as a boundary between ______________________________.

China and Taiwan

*North Korea and South Korea

Vietnam and Thailand

India and Pakistan