Know Your Neighbours - Asia Trivia Quiz

Answer: India

The world's seventh-largest country, India is slightly less than twice the size of the largest U.S. state, Alaska.

India shares land borders with six other countries, with Pakistan to the west, with China, Nepal and Bhutan to the northeast, and with Myanmar and Bangladesh to the east. In the Indian Ocean, it has maritime borders with Sri Lanka and the Maldives. The Indian territory of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands also share maritime borders with both Thailand and Indonesia.

Answer: Afghanistan

A landlocked country in south-central Asia, the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan is slightly smaller than Alaska and slightly larger than France once you include all of the French overseas territories.

Afghanistan shares land borders with six countries, with Pakistan to the south and east, with Iran to the west, with China to the far northeast, and with Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan to the north.

Answer: Georgia

Situated in the Caucasus region of Eurasia, Georgia is similar in size to the Republic of Ireland, slightly larger than the U.S. state of West Virginia.

Bordered to the west by the Black Sea, Georgia shares land borders with four other countries, with Russia to the north, with Azerbaijan to the southeast, and with Turkey and Armenia to the south.

Answer: Iran

The second-largest country in the Middle East, the Islamic State of Iran is marginally smaller than the U.S. state of Alaska.

Iran has land borders with seven U.N. recognized countries, with Armenia and Azerbaijan to the northwest, with Turkmenistan to the northeast; with Afghanistan and Pakistan to the east, and with Turkey and Iraq to the west. To the northeast, Iran also borders the de facto Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, considered by the UN to be part of Azerbaijan. Immediately to Iran's north is the Caspian Sea and to the south are the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman.

Answer: Kyrgyzstan

A landlocked and mountainous country in Central Asia, the Kyrgyz Republic is slight smaller than Belarus and a little larger than the U.S. state of Washington.

Kyrgyzstan shares land borders with four other countries, with Kazakhstan to the north, with Uzbekistan to the west and southwest, with Tajikistan to the southwest and with China to the east.

Answer: Oman

Located on the southeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula, the Sultanate of Oman is similar in size to both Poland and the U.S. state of New Mexico.

Bordered on two sides by the Gulf of Oman and the Arabian Sea, Oman shares land borders with only three countries, with the United Arab Emirates to the northwest, with Saudi Arabia to the west and with Yemen to the southwest.

Answer: Azerbaijan

Located in the South Caucasus region, the Republic of Azerbaijan is roughly the same size as both Austria and the U.S. state of South Carolina.

The main territory of Azerbaijan shares land borders with Russia to the north, with Georgia to the northwest, with Armenia to the west and with Iran to the south. The Azerbaijani exclave of Nakhchivan also has land borders with Armenia and Iran in addition to a very short border with Turkey to the northwest.

Answer: Myanmar

A sovereign state in South East Asia, the Republic of the Union of Myanmar is slightly smaller than the U.S. state of Texas.

To the west, Myanmar has a 1,200-mile long uninterrupted coastline along the Bay of Bengal and the Andaman Sea. It shares land borders with five countries, with Bangladesh to the north, with India to the northwest, with China to the northeast, with Laos to the east and with Thailand to the south and southeast.

Answer: Nepal

The largest sovereign state in the Himalayas, the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal is roughly the same size as both Bangladesh and the U.S. state of Iowa.

A landlocked country in South Asia, Nepal has borders with just two other countries, with China to the north and with India in the other three directions.

Answer: Saudi Arabia

The only country with coastlines on both the Persian Gulf and the Red Sea, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is Asia's fifth-largest country and the second-largest in the Arab world (after Algeria). Roughly three times the size of the U.S. state of Texas, Saudi Arabia is almost the same size as Greenland.

Saudi Arabia shares land borders with eight countries, with Jordan and Iraq to the north, with Kuwait to the northeast, with Oman to the southeast, with Yemen to the south, and with Qatar, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates to the east. In addition, Saudi Arabia also has maritime borders with both Israel and Egypt across the Gulf of Aqaba.