Name that Country
All these nations are in this region of Asia.
What is Central Asia?
This is the capital of Kazakhstan
What is Astana?
This animal was domesticated in this region. A Rule: You may eat this animal, just not the one you ride!
What is the horse?
The invasion of this Asiatic people group drastically affected this region. Their invasion led to cultural/racial fusion of Asian and Russian/European peoples.
Who are the Mongols?
Most of these nations are at least generally speaking, this religion. Different nations vary on extremism.
What is Islam/Muslim?
This is the largest of the stans. It holds about 60% of the entire region's GDP.
What is Kazakhstan?
This is the capital of Afghanistan.
What is Kabul?
What are the top exports in most of these nations?
Oil & Gas
Also: minerals
This important trade route (connecting Rome to China) shaped a large portion of this region's history & its namesake is still an important trade commodity in these nations today.
What is the Silk Road?
This nation had a wide array of crazy dictator things including a statue of a book written by one of the dictators that they made a statue of and opens at a certain point each day and reads an excerpt.
What is Turkmenistan?
most isolated country after North Korea
This is the poorest nation in Central Asia. It has several major fault lines: the Altai, Davaz, Herat, and Karakorum.
What is Tajikistan?
This is the capital of Krygzstan.
What is Bishkek?
These huts/nomadic buildings are still widely used in these countries.
What are yurts?
Buzkashi is the game where men ride horses and attempt to throw THIS into a pit.
What is a dead goat?
(Note: Buzkashi is played throughout the region and there are other regional names for variations of this sport)
This group's takeover of Afghanistan has severely hurt the rights of who in particular? (Need both the group name and who are being targeted)
Taliban; women/Christians & Jews/homosexuals/political dissidents
Uzbekistan is the only doubly landlocked nation in the region. This is the definition of being doubly landlocked.
What is being surrounded by landlocked nations?
Capital of Uzbekistan
What is Tashkent?
This strange phenomenon is in Turkmenistan. It originated when Turkmen leaders tried to burn something out of this pit, but unknowingly they began a 50+ year fire pit.
What is the Gates of Hell?
Also: Darvaza Gas Crater
Krygyzstans's dance emphasizes THIS movement.
What is SHOULDERS?
https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxTLoushPwJXvfjgg5zBOTgBXwt2XcYGkf?feature=shared
The drying of this sea has led to enormous issues of water shortage in Kazahkstan and surrounding countries.
This nation has a mini version of a flag on its flag.
What is Afghanistan (before Taliban occupation)
This is the capital of the least populated country in Central Asia.
What is Ashgabat? (Turkmenistan)
https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxU3rHeiQiAuxYQJnTcGJAUUsk59SNd28G?feature=shared
Krygyzstan is home to this sweet (er, also, somewhat vicious) feline creature.
What is the Pallas cat?
Due to its former USSR History, Kazahkstan is home to this site: the most radioactive place on the planet.
What is Semipalatinsk?
at least 460 nuclear tests took place here
50 TIMES the radiation as Hiroshima
Name 2 elements from any country related to marriage (dating, marriage customs, family structure after marriage, etc.)
Kazahkstan: dating game with horse (chase to kiss on cheek, if man fails, lady gets to beat him with a stick)
Tajikistan: wife must serve husband's family for 5-6 years, cannot look or smile at husband during ceremony
Afghanistan: Child Marriage, rapes common, patriarch of family (oppressive)