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World Cultures - Unit 5 - Review Game 3
Test Description: Chapter 18
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) Which word best describes Central Asia's physical geography?
A
landlocked
B
fertile
C
arable
D
coastal
2) What physical features have contributed to the isolation of the Central Asia region?
A
fertile plains
B
nomadic lifestyle
C
the Silk Road
D
rugged mountains
3) What is the relationship between climate and vegetation in Central Asia?
A
A humid, rainy climate produces many fertile valleys and varied plants.
B
The mild, desert climate produces most of the region's crops.
C
The region's vegetation is not affected by climate.
D
A harsh, dry climate makes it hard for plants to grow.
4) What best explains why vegetation does not grow in the region's mountain peaks?
A
Peaks are too high to get to for planting crops.
B
Animals that graze there have eaten all the plants.
C
There is too much rain at high elevations.
D
It is too cold, dry, and windy.
5) What is the reason the Aral Sea is shrinking?
A
canal building
B
overfishing
C
irrigation
D
tourism
6) What is preventing Central Asia from exporting oil?
A
It needs to build pipelines through rugged mountains.
B
Its ocean ports are polluted.
C
The people who live there use all the oil.
D
It has too little oil.
7) Which country shares a large border with Russia?
A
Uzbekistan
B
Turkmenistan
C
Afghanistan
D
Kazakhstan
8) What are some key natural resources in Central Asia?
A
silver, coal, rain forest
B
water, oil and gas, other minerals
C
water, oil and gas, cotton
D
mountains, deserts, oceans
9) Who was the last major group to rule Central Asia?
A
Mongols
B
Arabs
C
Turkic nomads
D
Soviets
10) Which situation in Central Asia shows Arab influence?
A
Yurts are an important symbol of the region's heritage.
B
The region is now a group of independent republics.
C
Many people are Russian Orthodox.
D
Islam is the main religion.
11) What is a yurt?
A
traditional religious building
B
large apartment building in a city
C
mountain village
D
moveable home used by nomads
12) Why do people speak different languages in Central Asia?
A
Each religion requires its people to speak a certain language.
B
Each government established an official language.
C
Russian rulers encouraged people to continue using their traditional languages.
D
Each ethnic group speaks its own language.
13) What alphabet do most countries in Central Asia use today?
A
Latin
B
Cyrillic
C
Turkic
D
Pashto
14) On what crop does Central Asia's economy rely?
A
corn
B
wool
C
oil
D
cotton
15) Which of these is an environmental problem in Central Asia today?
A
flooding from ocean tides
B
lack of oil reserves
C
overuse of chemicals for crop production
D
Aral Sea expanding
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