Physical Geography
A mountain range
What was the name of the important trade route that stretched through this region, all the way from Europe to China?
The Silk Road
What outside power most recently controlled this entire region?
The USSR
What do we call the action of animals eating too many plants in an environment, damaging the ecosystem?
overgrazing
Which two countries are mostly desert?
Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan
What leader of the Huns lead them to repeatedly and successfully attack the Eastern Roman Empire?
Attila
Azerbaijian, Iran, Kazahkstan, Russian, and Turkenistan have had extensive disagreements on how to divide the natural resources from what/where?
The Caspian Sea
What do we call a noisy, violent public gathering?
a riot
Kazakhstan is mostly covered in what type of biome/environment?
steppes
Akyn are traditional storytellers in what country?
Kyrgyzstan
The Aral Sea was once the fourth-largest lake in the world, but it has been shrinking in the past several decades due to...
overuse of its water for irrigation
What do we call a group of people traveling together?
a caravan
What is the largest landlocked country in the world?
Kazakhstan
Which country became the first officially Christian country in history?
Armenia
In 1997, farmers in Kazakhstan rioted because they were worried about what?
Uzbekistan blocked part of the water flowing into Kazakstan, so they thought their crops would die.
What adjective refers to people who have settled down and don't move around?
(This is the antonym of "nomadic.")
sedentary
Most of the water in Central Asia comes from where?
The east, from melting snow (on the Tien Shan mountain range between Central Asia and China)
The ancient hero who united the Kyrgyz people has an epic poem written about him. It might be the longest poem in the world. What is his name?
Manas
Nagorno-Karabakh was a region that wanted to separate from its current country and join what other country?
Armenia
What is a school that teaches the Islamic religion?
a madrassa