Physical Geography
What are the three regions of Central Asia?
Central Asia, Russian Siberia, The Caucasus
What was the benefit for the Mongols when in control of Central Asia.
Control of the Silk Road.
Why does Central Asia have 5 'Stan' countries?
They are culturally similar
True or False: Central Asia has many trees due to the wet climate.
False: Central Asia has FEW trees due to the ARID climate.
A round tent with a domed roof used by rural people in Central Asia.
Yurt
Green area by a water source in a dry region.
Oasis
Which two empires/countries controlled all three regions of Central Asia at the same time?
Soviet Union (USSR) and The Mongols (Mongolia)
What ethnicity are most Siberians?
Russian
Lake Baikal is the largest what?
Fresh Water Lake
Large government run farms in the Soviet Union.
Collectives
What are the two Seas that border the Caucasus?
The Black Sea and The Caspian Sea
What religion heavily influenced Central Asia around the 700's?
Islam
Who has a smaller population Turkmenistan or Uzbekistan?
Turkmenistan
Siberia has much of what resource?
Coal
Soviet labor camps
Gulags
Central Asia depends on what two rivers for irrigation?
Syr Dar'ya and Amu Dar'ya
What event happened in 1891?
Construction of the Trans-Siberian Railroad
Why do Armenians and Azeris dislike each other?
Armenia is mostly Christian and Azerbaijan is mainly Muslim
Where did Russia move their manufacturing during WWII to avoid being captured by the Germans?
Siberia
What does Pastoral mean?
Related to the keeping or herding of animals.
What happens to permafrost in the spring?
It melts; Making Siberia Swampy in the spring and summer.
Around 1000 BC name one group of people that immigrated to Southern Siberia.
Turks, Iranian, Mongol, Chinese
What three countries make us the Caucasus region?
Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan
What is the most profitable resource in Siberia?
Natural gas and Oil
What does homogenous mean?
alike; of the same kind