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Wide grassy plain often found beside desert regions in central asia |
Steppe |
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Cultural area or territory that is distinct from but entirely within a foreign territory |
Enclave |
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Leader of al-qaeda |
Osama Bin Laden |
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The leader of the mongol tribes who conquered central asia |
Genghis Kahn |
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A black sand desert that covers most of of turkmenistan |
Kara-kum |
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A dune covered desert in central asia |
Kum |
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Once a large inland body of water that is now several smaller bodies of water |
Aral Sea |
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The area of western central asia between the black and caspian seas |
Caucasus |
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The world's largest inland sea |
Caspian |
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Territory or cultural area separated from the political entity to which it belongs |
Exclave |
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How is agriculture made possible in the semi-arid regions of Central Asia |
extensive use of irrigation |
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In what former Soviet republic has high industrial pollution been linked to increased infant mortality |
Kazakhstan |
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What does it mean that most countries of this region are landlocked |
they have no acess to the sea or ocean |
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What is the largest inland body of water on Earth? |
Caspian sea |
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In which two countries in Central Asia are the majority of their citizens Christian |
Armenia and Georgia |
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What group resisted the Soviets when they invaded Afghanistan in 1979 |
Mujahideen |
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Who was the leader of the Mongol forces who invaded Central Asia in 1200 A.D. |
Genghis Kahn |
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Central Asia's main rivers, the Amu Dar'ya and the Syr Dar'ya, flow into what body of water |
Aral sea |
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Despite small amounts of arable land, how much of the workforce in Central Asia live by farming |
Half the workforce |
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What landform separates the Caspian and the Black seas In Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan |
Caucasus Mountains |
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What causes earthquakes in the mountainous terrain of Central Asia? |
Tectonic activity |
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What creates a wetter climate in Western Georgia and the steppes of the Cacasus |
winds blowing from the black sea |
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What is an agreement that commits bordering countries to reducing agricultural and industrial pollution in the Caspian Sea |
The convention for the protection of the marine environment of the Caspian sea |
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What ethnic group is the dominant political group in afghanistan |
Pashtun |
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The testing of nuclear weapons has led to serious health and environmental problems for which former Soviet republic |
Kazakhstan |
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What is pastoralism in Central Asia? |
Raising and grazing of livestock |
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Why does Kazakhstan have high levels of industrial pollution |
Soviet sight for heavy industry and the contry countinues to have high pollution levels |
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What have governments done to restore part of a sea that was diminished when it's river water supply was diverted for irrigation |
government built a dam to keep water from flowing into the South area of the sea |
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Why is the area of Nagorno-Karabakh disputed? |
it is an exclave of Armenians in the territory of Azerbaijan. |
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What two rivers did the Soviet divert water for irrigation from and thus cause environmental damage in Central Asia? |
Syr Dar'ya & the Dar'ya |
