Physical Geography and Environmental Issues
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan are sometimes called
What is The Stans
nomadic people who raise livestock for subsistence purposes
Who are pastoralists
Today, people speaking Turkic and what other language inhabit most of Central Asia
What is Mongolian
What country became the buffer state between China and Russia
What is Mongolia
This country in Central Asia has the most developed economy
What is Kazakhstan
The spread of deserts resulting from poor land use practices
What is desertification
The Kyrgyz are noted for their traditional economy based on what
What is transhumance
The head of the Tibetan Buddhist society is
Who is the Dalai Lama
The boundary of tensions between Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan
What is the Fergana Valley
A customs union designed to encourage trade as well as closer political ties between member states
What is the Eurasian Economic Union
Grasslands of northern Central Asia
What is Steppes
What Valley of the upper Syr Darya River is shared by Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan
What is the Fergana Valley
An extremist organization founded by religion students in Afghanistan
Who are the Taliban
Russia and China formed this organization following the September 11 attacks.
What is the Shanghai Cooperation Organization
Major railway connecting China and the Tibetan Plateau
What is the Qinghai-Tibet Railway
One of the great environmental tragedies was the destruction of what Central Asian Sea
What is the Aral Sea
The population of former Soviet Central Asia is concentrated in what zone between the highlands and the plains
The Transitional Zone
The worlds second tallest wooden building
what is the Russian Orthodox cathedral
the SCO works with this Russian led military association
What is the Collective Security Treaty Organization
This is the practice of kidnapping young women by men who hope to marry them
what is Bride Abduction
The accumulation of salt in the soil
What is salinization
What major city was designated Kazakhstan's capital in 1997
What is Astana
A religious state is also known as
What is a theocracy
Afghanistan is mining what mineral found in cosmetics
Only 24% of the women in this country can read and write
What is Afghanistan