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- 1. Multiple Choice
For thousands of years, Central Asia has been populated mostly by what kind of people?
Communist
Democratic
Berbers
Semi-nomadic
- 2. Multiple Choice
What famous trade route stretched across Central Asia in ancient times?
Highway 31
Silk Road
Asian Highway
Central Pathway
- 3. Multiple Choice
The countries of Central Asia are landlocked. What does landlocked mean?
Do not have access to oceans
No one can leave or enter the countries
The citizens are treated like prisoners
Mountains make up 80% of the land
- 4. Multiple Choice
Which of the following natural resources are most important to Central Asia?
Water and coal
Water and oil
Oil and diamonds
Coal and diamonds
- 5. Multiple Choice
What is the overall climate like in Central Asia?
Tropical
Savanna
Artctic
Very dry
- 6. Multiple Choice
What is the name of the sea in Central Asia that is shrinking as a result of too much irrigation?
Caspian Sea
Black Sea
Red Sea
Aral Sea
- 7. Multiple Choice
The spreading of customs and ideas from one culture to another is called...
Cultural diversity
Cultural spread
Cultural isolation
Cultural diffusion
- 8. Multiple Choice
Who controlled Central Asia before it became independent in 1991?
Soviet Union
China
Great Britain
United States
- 9. Multiple Choice
What is the main religion practiced in Central Asia?
Christianity
Judaism
Buddhism
Islam
- 10. Multiple Choice
What group took control of Afghanistan in the early 1990s?
Al Qaeda
Hamas
Taliban
ISIS
- 11. Multiple Choice
During the 1800s, Russia and Great Britain competed over the resources in Central Asia. What was this known as?
The X Games
The Great Game
World War II
Modern Warfare
- 12. Multiple Choice
What was a result of the Soviet Union breaking up in 1991?
The republics of Central Asia were forced under Soviet control
The republics of Central Asia became independent nations
The republics of Central Asia lost all their resources
The republics of Central Asia were colonized by the US
- 13. Multiple Choice
What was a major sign that the Soviet Union would break up?
The President received a break-up letter from the colonized nations
Soviet Union went to war with China
The Berlin Wall fell
Soviet citizens started fleeing the country
- 14. Multiple Choice
After the independence of the Central Asian countries, what type of government did they have?
Democracy
Authoritarian
Anarchy
No government
- 15. Multiple Choice
Which country did not fall under control of the Soviet Union?
Afghanistan
Kyrgyzstan
Uzbekistan
Turkmenistan
- 16. Multiple Choice
The terrorist group, Al-Qaeda, was supported by the Taliban and attacked the United States in 2001. Who was Al-Qaeda's leader?
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
Mullah Omar
Osama bin Laden
Ayman al-Zawahiri
- 17. Multiple Choice
Buildings, roads, power supplies, hospitals, and schools are examples of what?
Natural resources
Infrastructure
Jobs
Culture groups
- 18. Multiple Choice
Were were the attacks on the US from Al-Qaeda called?
The wars in the Middle East
Bombings
Battle of Iwo Jima
9/11 terrorist attacks
- 19. Multiple Choice
What is the largest ethnic group in Afghanistan?
Pashtuns
Uzbeks
Tajiks
Persians
- 20. Multiple Choice
A person who flees war or other disasters is known as what?
Nomad
Merchant
Refugee
Immigrant
- 21. Multiple Choice
Al-Qaeda used which country for its headquarters?
Iraq
Afghanistan
Iran
Syria
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