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13 Cards in this Set
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landlocked |
completely surrounded by land with no direct access to the ocean |
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Pamirs |
some of central asia's high mountains |
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Fergana Valley |
large fertile valley in the plains region of central asia |
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Kara-Kum |
desert in Turkmenistan |
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Kyzyl-Kum |
desert in Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan |
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aral sea |
sea that is actually a large lake, which is shrinking due to irrigation |
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Samarqand |
city along the silk road that grew very rich from trade |
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nomads |
people who move often from place to place |
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yurt |
moveable round house made of wool mats hung over a wood frame |
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Taliban |
radical muslim group that arose in Afghanistan in the mid 1990s |
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Kabul |
capital of afghanistan |
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dryland farming |
farming that relies on rainfall instead of irrigation |
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arable |
suitable for growing crops |