Countries
What country is bordered by Russia to the North, China to the East, and The Republic of Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan to the South?
Kazakhstan
(or: the Republic of Kazakhstan)
What is the name of the city you are in - with the BEST 'SUP' ever?
Naryn
What is the major mountain range found in Tajikistan?
The Pamir
(range)
What river in Kazakhstan is considered a dividing line between Europe and Asia?
the Ural river
What capital city is built on a slope?
Dushanbe
What Country is bordered by The Republic of Kyrgyzstan to the North, China to the East, Afghanistan to the South, and Uzbekistan to the West?
Tajikistan
(or: the Republic of Tajikistan)
What is the largest city in Kazakhstan?
Almaty
What range of mountains in Kyrgyzstan contains it's highest peaks?
the Kakshaal-Too
(range)
What are natural or artificial lakes for water storage in Central Asia called?
reservoirs
What landform (the world's largest dry one) covers one-third of Kazakhstan's terrain?
the Kazakh Steppe
What country is bordered by Kazakhstan to the North, China to the East, Tajikistan to the South, and Uzbekistan to the West?
Kyrgyzstan
(or: The Kyrgyz Republic)
What is the capital of Tajikistan?
Dushanbe
What is the tallest mountain in Kazakhstan?
Khan Tengri
("Lord of the Spirits")
What is the name of the huge sea on the western border of Kazakhstan?
the Caspian Sea
What is the name of the large, cultivated fertile area found in Western Kyrgyzstan, Northern Tajikistan and Eastern Uzbekistan?
the Fergana Valley
What country lies geographically on both the continents of Europe and Asia?
Kazakhstan
What is the capital of Kyrgyzstan?
Bishkek
What is the name of the mountain range that covers parts of Kazakhstan and China and most of Kyrgyzstan?
the Tian Shan
(range)
What is the name of the largest lake in Kyrgyzstan?
(one of the largest mountain lakes in the world)
Lake Issyk-kul
What is the word for slow moving ice whose runoff down the mountains provides most of the water in Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan?
glacier(s)
Which countries that we studied this week are landlocked?
ALL
(Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan)
What is the capital of Kazakhstan?
Nur-sultan
(as of March 2019)
What two countries that we've studied this week are predominately mountainous?
Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan
What is the name of the mightiest river in Central Asia, which originates in the Pamir of Tajikistan?
the Amu Darya
('river' not needed, since 'Darya' means river)
What is the name of the largest canyon in Central Asia, measuring over 80 kilometers in length?
Charyn Canyon