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19 Cards in this Set
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geography
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6 former USSR rebulics, Mongolia and Afghanistan
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3 autonomous regions of china
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xinjiang, Tibet, Inner Mongolia
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landscapes
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The Hindu Kush Mountains and the Taklimakan Desert
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environmental Issues
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Problems with the gobi dessert and the shrinking of the Aral sea
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which is an important animal for transportation
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Yak
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urbanization
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Old cities with lavish Islamic architecture and soviet era architecture
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languages that are predominant
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Russian, Kazakh, and Mountain Tajik
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prominent religions
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Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism
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which empire rules the Eurasian continent
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Mongol empire
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former soviet republics
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space programs and military bases
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oil rich country in central asia
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Azerbaijan
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largest ethnic group
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Pashtuns
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Pashtuns strong beliefs
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loyalty, marriage and nepotism
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Pashtuns codes of living
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hospitality revenge/justice/honor protection of land/property |
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border problems
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the Durand Line
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afghan war
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1979-1989
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U.S.-Afghan war
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2001-2014
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Taliban took control
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1996-2001
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former president
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Hamid Karzai
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