Chapter 19 Central Asia Lessons 2 and 3

When the Soviets invaded Afghanistan, they met resistance from Islamic guerrilla fighters known as__________________.

• vandals

• terrorists

• mujahideen

• coyotes

In 1979, _______________ invaded Afghanistan prompting freedom fighters to fight that resulted in more than a million people dying.

• Turkmenistan

• Georgia

• Kazakhstan

• Soviet Union

The United States entered into a war in Afghanistan in response to the events of ________________

• unrestricted marine warfare

• the World Trade Center bombings

• September 11

• Silk Roads

The Silk Roads were a crossroads where the religion of Islam and Christianity spread.

• True

• False

From the Arabic for "seeker" or "student"; name of a fundamentalist Sunni Muslim group, active in Afghanistan, which controlled the Afghan government from 1996 to 2001

• Afghani

• Taliban

• Turk

• Slav

The Aral Sea is about________ percent of its original size.

• 25

• 45

• 30

• 10

The Ara Sea is shrinking due to poor irrigation practices.

• True

• False

Which of the following is a result of the evaporation of water from the Aral Sea?

• salt and chemicals in the air caused cancer and respiratory diseases in people

• land mines and unexpected ammunition exposed humans to major life and health threats

• oil and gas industries abandoned the region

The Soviet government tested nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons during __________________.

• the Korean War

• the Vietnam War

• the Cold War

• the War in Afghanistan

material contaminated by residue from the generation of nuclear energy or the testing of nuclear weapons

• environmental

• exclave

• pesticides

• radioactive material