World Geo Central Asia Unit Exam Review

Which cultural attraction would you most likely visit on a tour of Central Asia?

• Mosque

• Cathedral

• Mountain Lodge

• Ice Hockey Arena

The level of economic development in Central Asia is best described as?

• improving mostly in service industries

• fully developed with foreign investment

• heavily dependent on primary industries

• slightly developed in the tertiary industries

What environmental problem has caused widespread health problems in Central Asia?

• pollution on the Syr Darya River

• radioactive fallout caused by Soviet Nuclear testing

• contaminated drinking water from oil spills

• dam on the Amu Darya river

What are two things that unite the people of Central Asia?

• Christianity and the Latin Language

• Christianity and Turkic Languages

• Islam and Arabic Language

• Islam and Turkic Languages

Where was this image likely taken and how does the character of this place reveal its location?

• This is likely in eastern Siberia because of the wide-open, grassy fields.

• This is likely in Central Asia because of the long history of nomadic life in the area.

• This is likely in the Caucasus because the region has a long history of breeding horses.

• This is likely western Russia because the environment lacks resources for stone or wood buildings.

The Soviet Union held its first democratic election in

• 1991

• 1940

• 1917

• 1993

Most Russians are members of the

• Ukrainian Orthodox Church

• Russian Eastern Orthodox Church

• Roman Catholic Church

• Armenian Apostolic Church

Lake Baikal, the world’ deepest lake, is located

• On the Kamchatka Peninsula

• On the southern edge of the Central Siberian Plateau

• On the Northern European Plain

• In the Ural Mountains.

Afghanistan’s Taliban leaders were criticized internationally for

• Bombing refugee camps in Pakistan

• Human rights abuses and sheltering terrorists

• Supporting Iraqi expansion in the Persian Gulf area

• Testing nuclear weapons

How many countries were satellite countries of the Soviet Union?

• 5

• 10

• 15

• 7