Ch. 7: Central Asia and the Caucasus

What is the benefit of herders moving their livestock from summer mountain meadows to lower plains for the winter?

• Moving the animals prevents overgrazing the mountain meadows

• The plants on the lower plains are more nutritious

• The plants in the mountain meadows become stale after a few months

• Moving the animals gives them healthful exercise

The Persian and Roman empires invaded

• Russia

• the Caucasus

• India

• Central Asia

By the 1400s, Islam had become the major religion throughout

• Armenia

• Russian Empire

• Central Asia

• Georgia

After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Kazakhstan and Georgia voted in presidents who were

• local radical reformers

• politically inexperienced

• former Soviet leaders

• sincere supporters of democracy

Why did it upset the region's Muslims when the Soviet Union closed the madrassas

• The madrassas were the schools that taught the Islamic religion

• The region's Muslims bought Islamic foods from the madrassas

• The region's Muslims received their medical care at the madrassas

• The madrassas applied Islamic law for the Muslim population

In 2003, many Georgians believed that their president

• wanted to retire from office

• strongly supported the constitution

• wanted to weaken ties with Russia

• rigged the presidential election

Almost all of Central Asia has an

• arid or humid continental climate

• humid continental or tropical climate

• humid continental or semiarid climate

• arid or semiarid climate

Which of the following has increased in the Caucasus and Central Asia since the collapse of the Soviet Union?

• making local arts and crafts

• banning public holidays

• repressing religion

• using the Russian language

The protests that forced Georgia's president to resign in 2003 were called the Rose Revolution because

• the people rose up against the old government

• protesters carried roses as a symbol of peace

• the new president was name Rose

• political parties in Georgia used differently colored roses as their symbols

By the 500s, Central Asia was dominated by

• Mongol tribes

• Slavic tribes

• Germanic tribes

• Turkic tribes