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13 Cards in this Set
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Taliban |
Radical Muslim Group that arose in Afghanistan in the min 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 |
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Samarqand |
city along the Silk Road that grew rich from trade |
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nomads |
people who move from place to place |
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yurt |
moveable round house made of wool felt mats hung over a wood frame |
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Landlocked |
completely surrounded by land with no direct access to the ocean |
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Parmirs |
some of Central Asia's highest desserts |
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Fergana Vally |
large fertile valley in the plains region of Central Asia |
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Kara kum
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dessert 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 irration |
