How Countries of Asia: No Outlines changes the map
Locate every country on a map of Asia with the internal border outlines hidden. Click the correct area for each prompt. Choose Pin to answer on the map, Type to name the prompted place, or Free Type to recall every place in any order.
Geographic clues for Countries of Asia: No Outlines
Asia stretches across several distinct geographic systems. The Arabian Peninsula, the Indian subcontinent, the Central Asian interior, and the peninsulas of the east are better guides than the continent's enormous width.
- Fix the positions of Turkey, Arabia, India, China, and the Korean Peninsula first.
- Read Central Asia as an east-west chain between the Caspian region and China.
- Use coastlines and island arcs for Southeast and East Asia rather than estimating from area alone.
Where Countries of Asia: No Outlines becomes difficult
The five Central Asian countries and the compact mainland states of Southeast Asia are easy to shift by one neighbor. Western Asia also demands care where several small countries meet larger ones.
A useful practice route for Countries of Asia: No Outlines
Work west to east through geographic zones, then make a separate island pass from Japan through maritime Southeast Asia. Compare each miss with the nearest sea or peninsula.
