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  • A. Asia
  • B. It is transcontinental
  • C. Africa
  • D. Europe

Explanation: Though part of Egypt, Sinai lies east of the Suez Canal and is geographically in Asia.

Correct answer: Asia
  • A. The Panama Canal
  • B. The Suez Canal
  • C. The Corinth Canal
  • D. The Kiel Canal

Explanation: The Suez Canal cuts between Sinai and the rest of Egypt.

Correct answer: The Suez Canal
  • A. Thrace
  • B. The Sinai
  • C. Anatolia, also called Asia Minor
  • D. Gallipoli

Explanation: Anatolia (Asia Minor) is the great peninsula forming Asian Türkiye.

Correct answer: Anatolia, also called Asia Minor
  • A. The Red Sea
  • B. The Mediterranean Sea
  • C. The Aegean Sea
  • D. The Black Sea

Explanation: The Black Sea lies along Anatolia's northern coast.

Correct answer: The Black Sea
  • A. The Aegean Sea
  • B. The Black Sea
  • C. The Mediterranean Sea
  • D. The Sea of Marmara

Explanation: The Aegean Sea, dotted with islands, borders western Anatolia.

Correct answer: The Aegean Sea
  • A. The Aegean Sea
  • B. The Mediterranean Sea
  • C. The Caspian Sea
  • D. The Black Sea

Explanation: The Mediterranean Sea lies along Anatolia's southern coast.

Correct answer: The Mediterranean Sea
  • A. The Iberian Peninsula
  • B. The Balkan Peninsula
  • C. The Gallipoli Peninsula
  • D. The Crimean Peninsula

Explanation: The Gallipoli Peninsula forms the European shore of the Dardanelles strait.

Correct answer: The Gallipoli Peninsula
  • A. The Liaodong Peninsula
  • B. The Shandong Peninsula
  • C. The Kamchatka Peninsula
  • D. The Korean Peninsula

Explanation: The Korean Peninsula extends south from mainland Asia, holding both Koreas.

Correct answer: The Korean Peninsula
  • A. The Yellow Sea
  • B. The East China Sea
  • C. The South China Sea
  • D. The Sea of Japan

Explanation: The Yellow Sea lies between the Korean Peninsula and China.

Correct answer: The Yellow Sea
  • A. The Philippine Sea
  • B. The Sea of Japan, also called the East Sea
  • C. The Yellow Sea
  • D. The East China Sea

Explanation: The Sea of Japan (East Sea) separates Korea from Japan.

Correct answer: The Sea of Japan, also called the East Sea
  • A. The Indochinese Peninsula
  • B. The Arabian Peninsula
  • C. The Malay Peninsula
  • D. The Korean Peninsula

Explanation: The Malay Peninsula runs south through Thailand and Malaysia to Singapore.

Correct answer: The Malay Peninsula
  • A. The Johor Strait
  • B. The Lombok Strait
  • C. The Sunda Strait
  • D. The Strait of Malacca

Explanation: The Strait of Malacca runs between the Malay Peninsula and Sumatra.

Correct answer: The Strait of Malacca
  • A. Singapore
  • B. Brunei
  • C. Indonesia
  • D. The Philippines

Explanation: Singapore, an island city-state, lies just off the peninsula's southern tip.

Correct answer: Singapore
  • A. The Strait of Malacca
  • B. The Johor Strait
  • C. The Sunda Strait
  • D. The Singapore Strait

Explanation: The narrow Johor Strait separates Singapore Island from mainland Malaysia.

Correct answer: The Johor Strait
  • A. Dondra Head
  • B. Phuket
  • C. Tanjung Piai, in Malaysia
  • D. Cape Comorin

Explanation: Tanjung Piai in Johor, Malaysia, is the southern tip of mainland Asia.

Correct answer: Tanjung Piai, in Malaysia
  • A. Kedah
  • B. Selangor
  • C. Perak
  • D. Johor

Explanation: Tanjung Piai lies in Johor state at Malaysia's southern end.

Correct answer: Johor
  • A. The Kamchatka Peninsula
  • B. The Taymyr Peninsula
  • C. The Chukchi Peninsula
  • D. The Kola Peninsula

Explanation: Kamchatka extends into the Pacific between the Sea of Okhotsk and the open ocean.

Correct answer: The Kamchatka Peninsula
  • A. The Taymyr Peninsula
  • B. The Chukchi Peninsula
  • C. The Kola Peninsula
  • D. The Kamchatka Peninsula

Explanation: The Chukchi Peninsula is Russia's easternmost point, facing Alaska across the Bering Strait.

Correct answer: The Chukchi Peninsula
  • A. The Chukchi Peninsula
  • B. The Kola Peninsula
  • C. The Taymyr Peninsula
  • D. The Yamal Peninsula

Explanation: Cape Chelyuskin, mainland Asia's northernmost point, is on the Taymyr Peninsula.

Correct answer: The Taymyr Peninsula
  • A. The Iberian Peninsula
  • B. The Balkan Peninsula
  • C. The Italian Peninsula
  • D. The Scandinavian Peninsula

Explanation: The Scandinavian Peninsula is Europe's largest peninsula.

Correct answer: The Scandinavian Peninsula