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Which word best describes Central Asia's physical geography?
a) coastal
b) fertile
c) landlocked
d) arable
What physical features have contributed to the isolation of the Central Asia region?
a) fertile plains
b) rugged mountains
c) nomadic lifestyle
d) the Silk Road
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 region's vegetation is not affected by climate.
c) A harsh, dry climate makes it hard for plants to grow.
d) The mild, desert climate produces most of the region's crops.
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.
What is the reason the Aral Sea is shrinking?
a) canal building
b) irrigation
c) overfishing
d) tourism
What is preventing Central Asia from exporting oil?
a) It needs to build pipelines through rugged mountains.
b) It has too little oil.
c) Its ocean ports are polluted.
d) The people who live there use all the oil.
Which country shares a large border with Russia?
a) Afghanistan
b) Turkmenistan
c) Uzbekistan
d) Kazakhstan
What are some key natural resources in Central Asia?
a) water, oil and gas, other minerals
b) water, oil and gas, cotton
c) silver, coal, rain forest
d) mountains, deserts, oceans
Who was the last major group to rule Central Asia?
a) Turkic nomads
b) Arabs
c) Mongols
d) Soviets
Which situation in Central Asia shows Arab influence?
a) Yurts are an important symbol of the region's heritage.
b) Islam is the main religion.
c) The region is now a group of independent republics.
d) Many people are Russian Orthodox.
What is a yurt?
a) large apartment building in a city
b) moveable home used by nomads
c) traditional religious building
d) mountain village
Why do people speak different languages in Central Asia?
a) Each government established an official language.
b) Each religion requires its people to speak a certain language.
c) Each ethnic group speaks its own language.
d) Russian rulers encouraged people to continue using their traditional languages.
What alphabet do most countries in Central Asia use today?
a) Latin
b) Turkic
c) Cyrillic
d) Pashto
On what crop does Central Asia's economy rely?
a) corn
b) cotton
c) wool
d) oil
Which of these is an environmental problem in Central Asia today?
a) lack of oil reserves
b) Aral Sea expanding
c) flooding from ocean tides
d) overuse of chemicals for crop production
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