Aral Sea Quiz

Under graphic one there was a pie chart indicating what percent of the Soviet Union's land was arable, or good fertile soil for farming?

• 90%

• 80%

• 55%

• 10%

The Aral Sea was in the Soviet Union. After the Soviet Union broke apart, what two countries shared the Aral Sea?

• Russia & Poland

• Kazakhstan & Uzbekistan

• Kazakhstan & Iran

• The Soviet Union & Uzbekistan

What two rivers flow into the Aral Sea?

• Syr Darya River & the Amu Darya River

• Syr Amu River & the Volga River

• Rhine River & the Amu Darya River

• Po River & the Syr Darya River

Station 4 Showed the difference in irrigated land for growing cotton from the year 1980 to 2010. True or False, more land was irrigated for growing cotton in 1980 than in 2010

• True

• False

In station 5, you learned that the Kara Kum Irrigation Canal is in what country?

• Afghanistan

• Uzbekistan

• Turkmenistan

• Kazakhstan

Aralsk is a port city built on the north shore of the Aral Sea. What has happened to the port between 1950 to the present day?

• It has dried up

• There is more water than ever

• Major floods have caused waters to rise

• The water level has stayed the same

How many tons of fish were caught in the Aral Sea in its best year?

• Almost 80,000 tons

• Almost 2,000 tons

• Almost 50,000 tons

• Almost 20,000 tons

About what year did irrigation start reducing the flow of water into the Aral Sea?

• 1910

• 1900

• 1970

• 1960

About what year did fishing stop in the Aral Sea?

• 1985

• 1975

• 1995

• 1965

Cancer is being caused in large part in the region around the Aral sea today because of what?

• Blowing salt, dust, toxic contaminants

• Mold from the surplus of water

• Constant rainfall and humid conditions

• The exploding rodent population