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15 Cards in this Set
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45. 2 countries known for rug making
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Armenia and Azerbaijan
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46. C Asia and Caucasus were at one time both part of what
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Russia
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47. Types of pollution in Azerbaijan
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air and water
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48. Primary use of land in C and SW Asia
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nomadic herding/livestock raising
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49. M. Gorbachev
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glasnost(free speech) and perestroika
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50. When did Soviet Union collapse
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1991
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51. Iraq’s most important economic activity
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subsistence farming/nomadic herding
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52. Syria’s prosperity is based primarily on what
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land and location/farming and reforms
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53. When did Jordan lost most of its best farming land
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1967
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54. What ethnic group rules Israel
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Jews
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55. Primary religion of Armenia
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Orthodox Christianity
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56. Consequences of diverting water to cotton fields in C Asia
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less fresh water, sea shrinks and gets saltier, losing 2/3 of volume, fishing industry dies
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57. Kara Kum and Kyzyl Kum
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deserts in Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan
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58. Is desertification more likely to be a problem in C Asia or the Caucasus
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C Asia
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59. Is grain growing a key economic activity near the Black Sea in Georgia
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no
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