Geography & Places
The capital city of Afghanistan.
Kabul
A moveable round house made of wool-felt mats used by many Central Asian nomads.
Yurt
The word that means land suitable for growing crops.
Arable
The international organization that placed an embargo on Iraq after the Persian Gulf War
United Nations
religion founded by Muhammad
Islam
The capital city of Iraq.
Baghdad
The term for a traditional king or monarch of Persia / Iran.
Shah
Farming that relies mainly on rainfall rather than irrigation
Dryland farming
Give one action the U.S. used to try to limit power in Iraq
Embargo
drastic changes in a country's government and way of life
revolution
This city on the Silk Road grew rich through trade
Samarqand
This describes a government controlled by religious leaders.
Theocracy
This type of farming is done mainly to feed the farmer’s family rather than to sell as a business.
Subsistance farming
People who move often from place to place
Nomads
large fertile valley in Central Asia
Fergana Valley
This Iranian city was the capital of the Safavid Empire and noted for its architecture.
Estahan
No ocean access
Landlocked
Water not replaced by rainfall
Fossil Water
Radical Muslim group that arose in Afghanistan
Taliban
A large lake which is shrinking due to irrigation
Aral Sea
Name a major historic trade route that connected China to the Middle East and Europe.
The silk Road
The radical Muslim group that arose in Afghanistan in the mid-1990s
Taliban
Central Asia'a highest mountains
Pamirs
Organization of Petroleum Exporting countries
OPEC
Dry streambeads
Wadis