Environmental Issues
What caused the diminishing of the Aral Sea?
Russia diverted rivers for irrigation.
What is the largest ethnic group in Central Asia
Turkic (70%)
What is a nomad?
Someone that wanders from place to place herding animals.
What is a typical "nomad" meal?
Lots of meat and dairy.
What color do you get if you mix red and blue?
Purple
There is a small area of forest in Kazakhstan. What is an environmental problem it is experiencing?
fire
What are the smallest "stan" countries?
Kyrgyzstan and Turkmenistan
What is the most common second language spoken in Central Asia?
Russian
What is the most popular beverage in Central Asia?
Tea
Who painted Mona Lisa?
Leonardo DaVinci
What does "The Polygon" refer to?
Soviet testing site in Kazakhstan for nuclear weapons.
Where did Turkic people originally come from?
Northern Asia
Why did most people give up the nomadic lifestyle?
The Soviet Union forced many people to leave the nomadic lifestyle and live in cities.
True or False Meals are often eaten on the ground.
True
What popular soft drink was invented to cure headaches?
Coca-Cola
What are the environmental issues associated with nuclear testing?
Contaminated soil, air, and water...
What is one of the largest non-Turkic groups that live in Central Asia. Hint (they love testing nukes).
Russians
What is the most dominant religion in Central Asia?
Islam
Most clothing is very _________ and has lots of ___________
colorful, decoration, embroidery
What kind of dog was Snoopy (from Peanuts)
Beagle
What two countries does the Aral Sea sit between?
Kazakhstan to its north and Uzbekistan to its south
In which country does the majority of the Central Asian population live?
Uzbekistan
What is the least religious country of Central Asia (because of Soviet influence?)
Kazahkstan
The _________ is an iconic part of Central Asian attire.
headdress
The number of days in a month follow a rhyme:
"Thirty days hath September, April, June, and November; All the rest have thirty-one, save February, with twenty-eight, in which one comes at the gate."