1) Where are the desert regions of Central Asia mostly located?- -PG 333 – L |
Central belt of deserts ? |
2) What is the primary reason for the shrinking of the Aral Sea? – PG 329-R 330-L |
Irrigation from the 2 rivers that fed the Arel Sea have been used extensively |
3) Which Central Asian lake is the largest lake in the world? – PG 330 – R |
Caspian Sea |
4) Why is the environment in Central Asia relatively clean? – PG 330 – L |
Due to low population density |
5) Which of the following deserts is NOT found in Central Asia? (Kara Kum, Kalahari, Kyzyl |
Kalahari |
6) The Pamir Knot – What is it… – PG 332 – R |
Complex tangle of mountains located where Pakistan, Afghanistan, China, and Tajikistan meet – towering ranges in several direction |
7) What geologic event created Central Asia’s mountain ranges? – PG 332 – L |
Collision of the Indian subcontinent with the Asian mainland |
8) In the Tarim Basin, where do most of the people reside? – PG 336 figure |
Along the edge (ring) of the basin |
9) What do most climate change experts predict will happen to Central Asia as climate change continues? – PG 333 – R |
Reduce freshwater resources, precipitation – prolonged droughts – less agriculture |
10) In which country of Central Asian is the Gobi Desert found? – PG 329 figure |
Mongolia |
11) What is the livelihood of pastoralists? – PG 333 – R |
People who raise livestock for sustenance purposes |
12) What livelihood is "the only feasible way of life on the Tibetan plateau," according to the authors of your textbook? – PG 333 – R |
Nomadic paternalism |
13) Since the 1960s, where has the largest proportion of migrants to Tibet and the western provinces of China come from? – PG 336 – L |
Han Chinese |
14) Where do the majority of people in Uzbekistan reside? – PG 335-R/336 – L |
near the river valleys and alluvial fans |
15) What development led to the emergence of nomadic pastoralism in Central Asia? – PG 333 – R |
Large areas are too arid or too high in altitude to support human life – lowland settlings are densely populated |
16) Which language of Central Asia is an Indo-European language? – PG 339 – R |
Mountain Tajik |
17) What is the most common language group in Central Asia, based on the number of native speakers? – PG 339 – L |
Turkic languages |
18) What was the most common foreign language of the countries of Central Asia in the 1970s?- PG 342 – L |
Russian |
19) Which language is Tajik most closely related? – PG 339 – R |
Persian |
20) Followers of which religion in Central Asia suffered brutal persecution when China invaded Tibet?– PG 341 – R |
Buddhist |
21) When Central Asia has been under the communist rule of China, the Soviet Union, and Mongolia, what has happened to religion? – PG 340 – R |
All forms of religion were discouraged |
22) Who were the eighteenth-century founders of Afghanistan? – PG 340 – L |
Pashtun people |
23) Which country of Central Asia was NOT previously a republic of the former USSR? – PG 343 -R |
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, and Azerbaijan WERE in the USSR |
24) In the nineteenth century, what country began to displace China from Central Asia? – PG 342 – R |
Russia |
25) What was the source of the military dominance of Central Asia’s nomads before 1500? |
Horses |
26) Which areas in Central Asia remain under Chinese control? – PG 343 figure / 344 – L |
Tibet , Xinjiang, and Inner Mongolia |
27) What is the name of the ultra orthodox Islamic group that was in power in Afghanistan until the United States military intervened in fall of 2001? – PG 345 – R |
Taliban |
28) Which Central Asian country had been engaged in a civil war that was brought to a head by the aftermath of the September terrorist attacks? |
Afghanistan |
29) What group founded the Taliban? – PG 345 – R |
Young Muslim religious students |
30) How many new countries appeared in Central Asia as a result of the break-up of the Soviet Union? – PG 334 – L |
Six (6) |
31) What word best describes the political structures in most countries of Central Asia? -PG 3525 summary |
Authoritarian |
32) Where is oil pollution worst in Central Asia? – PG 347 – figure / 330 – R |
Caspian Sea |
33) Most of Central Asia’s oil reserves are found near which physical feature of Central Asia? |
Caspian Sea?? |
34) What is the most developed country of Central Asia? – G 47 – R |
Kazakhstan |
35) Since 1999, which Central Asian country has been the world’s largest producer of opium? |
Afghanistan |
36) What transportation technology must be constructed before the oil wealth of Central Asia can become economically viable? – PG 351 – figure |
Pipelines |
37) Afghanistan earns most of its foreign currency by selling what? – PG 349 – L |
Opium |
38) Which natural resource is of potentially great importance to economic development in Central Asia? – PG 349 – R |
Oil / petroleum |
39) According to government planners in Turkmenistan, what product will Turkmenistan begin to export in large quantities, bringing prosperity to the country? |
Natural Gas ? |
40) In which country of Central Asia do people have the shortest life expectancy? |
Afghanistan – 45 yrs |
41) Of all the Central Asian countries, which one has the worst overall composite record of social indicators? – PG 349 – R |
Afghanistan |
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