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Commands for Asia

Countries

Four levels of commands

Level 1 – Pin the countries

Level 2 – Use directional skills with the Asia

countries control map

Level 3 – Use the Countries control map, the

Asia Land & Water Forms control map and

Independent research

Level 4 – Control maps and independent research

Use recording sheet on page 2 for levels 2-4. Check answers using

answer keys.

There are forty-eight countries on the pin map of Asia. The Asian countries are listed alphabetically on page 3. They are then divided according to the geographical areas used by the United Nations. The areas are South Central Asia: 14 countries, South Eastern Asia: 11 countries, Western Asia: 16 countries, Eastern Asia: 7 countries.

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Alphabetical list of countries in Asia 1. Afghanistan 2. Armenia 3. Azerbaijan 4. Bahrain 5. Bangladesh 6. Bhutan 7. Brunei 8. Cambodia 9. China 10. East Timor 11. Georgia 12. India 13. Indonesia 14. Iran 15. Iraq 16. Israel 17. Japan 18. Jordan 19. Kazakhstan 20. Kuwait 21. Kyrgyzstan 22. Laos 23. Lebanon 24. Malaysia

25. Maldives 26. Mongolia 27. Myanmar 28. Nepal 29. North Korea 30. Oman 31. Pakistan 32. Philippines 33. Qatar 34. Russia 35. Saudi Arabia 36. Singapore 37. South Korea 38. Sri Lanka 39. Syria 40. Taiwan 41. Tajikistan 42. Thailand 43. Turkey 44. Turkmenistan 45. United Arab Emirates 46. Uzbekistan 47. Vietnam 48. Yemen

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South Central Asia 1. Afghanistan 2. Bangladesh 3. Bhutan 4. India 5. Iran 6. Kazakhstan 7. Kyrgyzstan 8. Maldives 9. Nepal 10. Pakistan 11. Sri Lanka 12. Tajikistan 13. Turkmenistan 14. Uzbekistan

South Central Asia Commands Level I 1. Pin Kyrgyzstan. 2. Pin Tajikistan. 3. Pin Pakistan. 4. Pin India. 5. Pin Afghanistan. 6. Pin Kazakhstan. 7. Pin Iran. 8. Pin Nepal. 9. Pin Bangladesh. 10. Pin Uzbekistan. 11. Pin Maldives. 12. Pin Turkmenistan. 13. Pin Bhutan. 14. Pin Sri Lanka.

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South Central Asia Commands Level II (Use the Asia countries control.)

1. Pin the country south of Kazakhstan and west of China. 2. Pin the country east of Iraq and west of Afghanistan and Pakistan. 3. Pin the small country east of Nepal and south of China. 4. Pin the country between Iran and Pakistan. 5. Pin the country between Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan. 6. Pin the country north of Afghanistan and east of Uzbekistan. 7. Pin the country between India and Afghanistan. 8. Pin the tiny island nation south of India. 9. Pin the large country south of Russia and west of China. 10. Pin the large country east of Pakistan and south of China and Nepal. 11. Pin the country surrounded by India on three sides and on the coast of the

Bay of Bengal. 12. Pin the country between Iran and Uzbekistan. 13. Pin the island nation east of the tip of India. 14. Pin the small country west of Bhutan and north of India.

South Central Asia Answer Key II

1. Kyrgyzstan 2. Iran 3. Bhutan 4. Afghanistan 5. Uzbekistan 6. Tajikistan 7. Pakistan 8. Maldives 9. Kazakhstan 10. India 11. Bangladesh 12. Turkmenistan 13. Sri Lanka 14. Nepal

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South Central Asia Commands Level III (Use the countries control, the land and water control, and references.)

1. Pin the country with the Indus River. 2. Pin the largest landlocked country in the world. (It borders the Caspian Sea.) 3. Pin the country with the Ganges Delta, the largest delta on earth. 4. In the country where most of the world's cinnamon comes from. 5. Pin the country between the Caspian Sea and the Persian Gulf. 6. Pin the small landlocked nation east of Nepal in the eastern Himalayas. 7. Pin the country which is doubly landlocked, surrounded by other landlocked

countries. 8. Pin Asia's smallest country. (It is an archipelago.) 9. Pin the country known as the “Country of Celestial Mountains” for the largest

mountain range in Asia, the Tien Shan. 10. Pin the country with Mount Everest on its northern border. 11. Pin the country which is a large desert with its western border on the Caspian

Sea. 12. Pin the country with the Deccan Plateau. 13. Pin the two countries which are connected by the “Friendship Bridge” over

the Panj River. South Central Asia Answer Key III 1. Pakistan 2. Kazakhstan 3. Bangladesh 4. Sri Lanka 5. Iran 6. Bhutan 7. Uzbekistan 8. Maldives 9. Kyrgyzstan 10. Nepal 11. Turkmenistan 12. India 13. Afghanistan, Tajikistan

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South Central Asia Commands Level IV (Use control maps and reference material.) 1. Pin the nation with "stan" at the end of its name completely surrounded by

other "stan" nations; "stan" means homeland. 2. Pin the country with the second largest population after China. 3. Pin the country where the Brahmaputra River and the Ganges River join to

flow into the Bay of Bengal. 4. Pin the country with a huge fiery crater which has been burning for forty

years and is called the "The Door to Hell." 5. Pin the only country in the world which does not have a rectangular or

square national flag. Its flag is two triangles which represent the Himalaya Mountains.

6. Pin the island nation which is the world's largest exporter of tea. 7. Pin the country which is building dams to bring water back to the shrinking

Aral Sea on its southern border. 8. Pin the small country with ice-covered Himalaya Mountains on its northern

border and tropical jungle in the southern part of the country. 9. Pin the country with coasts on the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman. 10. Pin the country whose capital city, Dushanbe, means Monday because

Monday was the market day when it was a village. 11. Pin the country made up of 1190 coral islands grouped in atolls. 12. Pin the two countries connected by the Khyber Pass through the Spin Ghar

Mountains. 13. Pin the country which is in the Tien Shan Mountain Range and 90% of it is

almost a mile above sea level.

South Central Asia Answer Key Level IV

1. Uzbekistan 2. India 3. Bangladesh 4. Turkmenistan 5. Nepal 6. Sri Lanka 7. Kazakhstan

8. Bhutan 9. Iran 10. Tajikistan 11. Maldives 12. Pakistan, Afghanistan 13. Kyrgyzstan

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South Eastern Asia 1. Brunei 2. Cambodia 3. East Timor 4. Indonesia 5. Laos 6. Malaysia 7. Myanmar 8. Philippines 9. Singapore 10. Thailand 11. Vietnam South Eastern Asia Level I 1. Pin Malaysia. 2. Pin Vietnam. 3. Pin Philippines. 4. Pin Brunei. 5. Pin East Timor. 6. Pin Laos. 7. Pin Singapore. 8. Pin Indonesia. 9. Pin Cambodia. 10. Pin Myanmar. 11. Pin Thailand.

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South Eastern Asia Level II (Use Asia Countries control map.) 1. Pin the country with its eastern border on China, Laos, and Thailand. 2. Pin the country on the Equator made up of more than 18,000 islands. 3. Pin the country east of Cambodia and Laos. 4. Pin the country between Laos and Myanmar. 5. Pin the country north and east of Thailand. 6. Pin the country south of Laos and Thailand. 7. Pin the country which is a peninsula and part of the island of Borneo. 8. Pin the country north of Indonesia which is made up of 7000 islands. 9. Pin the small country which is part of one of the islands in the south of

Indonesia. 10. Pin the tiny country on the tip of the Malaysian peninsula. 11. Pin the tiny country which is on the northwestern edge of Borneo Island and

surrounded by Malaysia. South Eastern Asia Answer Key Level II 1. Myanmar 2. Indonesia 3. Vietnam 4. Thailand 5. Laos 6. Cambodia 7. Malaysia 8. Philippines 9. East Timor 10. Singapore 11. Brunei

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South Eastern Asia Level III (Use the Asia Countries control, the Land and Water control and research.) 1. Pin the country with the South China Sea along its entire coast. 2. Pin Asia's second smallest country which on the tip of a peninsula 3. Pin the tiny country with the South China Sea on the north and Malaysia

surrounding it on the other three sides. 4. Pin the archipelago nation east of the South China Sea. 5. Pin the very small country south of the Equator, which shares half of a small

island with Indonesia. 6. Pin the country where the Mekong River divides it from north to south. 7. Pin the country of islands on both sides of the equator. 8. Pin the country which is divided into two parts separated by the South China

Sea. 9. Pin the country with a very long western coast on the Bay of Bengal. 10. Pin the country which shares the Malaysian Peninsula and is north of

Malaysia. 11. Pin the only landlocked country in Southeastern Asia.

South Eastern Asia Answer Key Level III 1. Vietnam 2. Singapore 3. Brunei 4. Philippines 5. East Timor 6. Cambodia 7. Indonesia 8. Malaysia 9. Myanmar 10. Thailand 11. Laos

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South Eastern Asia Level IV (Use the controls and research.) 1. Pin the country where the Mekong River forms a large part of its western

border with Thailand. 2. Pin the country south of Thailand and Laos with a large lake, Tonle Sap, in its

center. 3. Pin the country located on the Pacific Ring of Fire which has the Taal Volcano. 4. Pin the country with the nickname, "The Lion City". 5. Pin the country with the Red River Delta in the north and the Mekong River

Delta in the south. 6. Pin the tiny country which very is wealthy because of oil and natural gas

exports. 7. Pin the country north of Singapore on the Malacca Strait. 8. Pin the newest country in Asia, becoming independent in 2002. 9. Pin the country with a long northeastern border with China and a long

eastern border with Thailand. 10. Pin the country which has very good rice paddies along its eastern border on

the Mekong River. 11. Pin the only country with Komodo dragons. South Eastern Asia Answer Key Level IV 1. Laos 2. Cambodia 3. Philippines 4. Singapore 5. Vietnam 6. Brunei 7. Malaysia 8. East Timor 9. Myanmar 10. Thailand 11. Indonesia

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Western Asia 1. Azerbaijan 2. Bahrain 3. Georgia 4. Armenia 5. Iraq 6. Israel 7. Jordan 8. Kuwait 9. Lebanon 10. Oman 11. Qatar 12. Saudi Arabia 13. Syria 14. Turkey 15. United Arab Emirates 16. Yemen Commands for Western Asia Level I 1. Pin Bahrain. 2. Pin Kuwait. 3. Pin Saudi Arabia. 4. Pin Iraq. 5. Pin Syria. 6. Pin Armenia. 7. Pin Yemen. 8. Pin Jordan. 9. Pin Lebanon. 10. Pin Israel. 11. Pin Turkey. 12. Pin Azerbaijan. 13. Pin United Arab Emirates. 14. Pin Qatar. 15. Pin Oman. 16. Pin Georgia.

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Commands for Western Asia Level II (Use the Asia Countries control.) 1. Pin the small country east of Armenia and Georgia. 2. Pin the small country north of Israel and west of Syria. 3. Pin the country between Saudi Arabia and Syria. 4. Pin the country southeast of Saudi Arabia. 5. Pin the country with borders on Jordan, Turkey and Iraq. 6. Pin the tiny country north of Qatar and south of Kuwait. 7. Pin the tiny country between Bahrain and United Arab Emirates. 8. Pin the country between Syria and Iran. 9. Pin the small country with its eastern border on Oman and its southern

border on Saudi Arabia. 10. Pin the tiny country with borders on Iraq and Saudi Arabia. 11. Pin the country south of Russia and north of Armenia, Turkey and Azerbaijan. 12. Pin the large country south of Jordan and Iraq. 13. Pin the small country west of Azerbaijan and east of Turkey. 14. Pin the country southeast of Saudi Arabia with its eastern border on Oman. 15. Pin the large country north of Syria and Iraq, which has its northwest corner

in Europe. 16. Pin the small country west of Jordan and south of Lebanon. Western Asia Answer Key II 1. Azerbaijan 2. Lebanon 3. Jordan 4. Oman 5. Syria 6. Bahrain 7. Qatar 8. Iraq

9. United Arab Emirates 10. Kuwait 11. Georgia 12. Saudi Arabia 13. Armenia 14. Yemen 15. Turkey 16. Israel

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Commands for Western Asia Level III (Use the Asia Countries control, the Land and Water control and research.) 1. Pin the country with its western coast on the Black Sea. 2. Pin the Asian country with a tiny part of its northern border in Europe and its

eastern coast on the Caspian sea. 3. Pin the country on the Arabian Peninsula which has shores on the Red Sea

and the Gulf of Aden. 4. Pin the country with coasts on the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman. 5. Pin the small triangular country with its northern coastal on the Persian Gulf. 6. Pin the country with its west coast on the Mediterranean Sea and its

southwest border on Egypt. 7. Pin the small country with a coastline at the top of the Persian Gulf. 8. Pin the very small country north of Israel with its west coast on the

Mediterranean Sea. 9. Pin the landlocked country between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea. 10. Pin the large country with the Black Sea on the north and the Mediterranean

Sea on the south. 11. Pin the tiny island nation in the Persian Gulf. 12. Pin the country with the Dead Sea on its western border 13. Pin the country with the Tigris River and the Euphrates River. 14. Pin the country where the Euphrates River flows across it to Iran from its

source in Turkey. 15. Pin the largest country in the Arabian Peninsula. 16. Pin the tiny country which is a peninsula on border of Saudi Arabia and the

Persian Gulf.

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Western Asia Answer Key Level III 1. Georgia

2. Azerbaijan

3. Yemen

4. Oman

5. United Arab Emirates

6. Israel

7. Kuwait

8. Lebanon

9. Armenia

10. Turkey

11. Bahrain

12. Jordan

13. Iraq

14. Syria

15. Saudi Arabia

16. Qatar

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Commands for Western Asia Level IV (Use controls and research materials.) 1. Pin the country with the world's tallest building in 2015. 2. Pin the small country north of Iran and east of Turkey which is high plateau

surrounded by mountains. 3. Pin the tiny country north of the United Arab Emirates with oil fields both on

shore and off shore. 4. Pin the country north of Iran with oil wells in the Caspian Sea. 5. Pin the small country with the lowest fresh water lake in the world, the Sea of

Galilee. 6. Pin the tiny archipelago nation of 37 islands close to the Arabian Peninsula in

the Persian Gulf. 7. Pin the country on the border with Europe with part of its southern border

on Turkey. 8. Pin the country where part of its western border is formed by the Jordan

River from the Sea of Galilee to the Dead Sea. 9. Pin the country with the highlands in the north called Kurdistan. 10. Pin the country mostly in Asia separated by the Strait of Bosporus with a

small part of it in Europe. 11. Pin the large oil exporting country with coasts on the Red Sea and the Persian

Gulf. 12. Pin the very small country on the northwest coast of the Persian Gulf with no

fresh water rivers or lakes. 13. Pin the country where its northern tip is separated from the rest of the

country by the United Arab Emirates 14. Pin the country with the Euphrates River flowing through it before it flows

into Iraq. 15. Pin the country whose national symbol and pride is ancient cedar trees. 16. Pin the desert country south of Saudi Arabia which may be the first in the

world to run out of water.

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Western Asia Answer Key Level IV 1. United Arab Emirates 2. Armenia 3. Qatar 4. Azerbaijan 5. Israel 6. Bahrain 7. Georgia 8. Jordan 9. Iraq 10. Turkey 11. Saudi Arabia 12. Kuwait 13. Oman 14. Syria 15. Lebanon 16. Yemen

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Eastern Asia 1. North Korea 2. China 3. Japan 4. Mongolia 5. Republic of Korea 6. Taiwan 7. Russia Commands for Eastern Asia Level I 1. Pin Mongolia. 2. Pin China. 3. Pin North Korea. 4. Pin Taiwan. 5. Pin Russia. 6. Pin the Republic of Korea. 7. Pin Japan.

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Commands for Eastern Asia Level II (Use the Asia Countries control.) 1. Pin the country which the south part of a peninsula off of northeast China. 2. Pin the country between Russia and China. 3. Pin the small island country off the coast of China. 4. Pin the country on the north part of a peninsula off of northeast China. 5. Pin the island country east of South Korea. 6. Pin the very large country with its Southern border on Kazakhstan, China and

Mongolia. 7. Pin the very large country south of Mongolia. Eastern Asia Answer Key Level II 1. South Korea 2. Mongolia 3. Taiwan 4. North Korea 5. Japan 6. Russia 7. China

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Commands for Eastern Asia Level III (Use Asia Countries control, Land and Water control, and research.) 1. Pin the small island country north of the Philippines with its south border on

the South China Sea. 2. Pin the large country with its northern borders on the Arctic Ocean. 3. Pin the country made up of several thousand islands with coasts on the Sea

of Japan and the Pacific Ocean. 4. Pin the country with the Gobi Desert in the southern part. 5. Pin the large country with the Huang River and the Yangtze River. 6. Pin the country on the southern part of the peninsula between the Sea of

Japan and the Yellow Sea. 7. Pin the country with a small part of it border near the Russian city of

Vladivostok.

Eastern Asia Answer Key Level III 1. Taiwan 2. Russia 3. Japan 4. Mongolia 5. China 6. South Korea 7. North Korea

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Commands for Eastern Asia Level IV (Use controls and research materials.) 1. Pin the landlocked country whose main river system is the Selenga which

flows north into Lake Baikal in Russia. 2. Pin the country with a border on China and coasts on the Sea of Japan and

the Yellow Sea. 3. Pin the country with tundra along its northern border. 4. Pin the country surrounded by water on three sides and a border with North

Korea. 5. Pin the archipelago nation whose closest neighbors are Russia, China, and

Korea. 6. Pin the country with the Plateau of Tibet which the highest plateau in the

world. 7. Pin the island country off the coast of China which is known by two names. Eastern Asia Answer Key Level IV 1. Mongolia 2. North Korea 3. Russia 4. South Korea 5. Japan 6. China 7. Taiwan

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Commands for Asia Countries - Welcome to Pin It! … files/Asia_commands.pdfCommands for Asia Countries ... Alphabetical list of countries in Asia 1. Afghanistan ... Pin the country