Central Asia

Lies in the middle of Asia; landlocked region; includes six Eurasian Republics

• Siberia
• Russia
• Eurasian Republics
• Central Asia

Large valley; major center of farming

• Kabul
• Amu Darya
• Fergana Valley
• Far East

Large lake that has been affected by irrigation

• Aral Sea
• Lake Balkhash
• Lake Baikal
• Kabul

Lake in Central Asia that has freshwater at one end and salty water at the other end.

• Lake Baikal
• Lake Balkhash
• Aral Sea
• Syr Darya

River that flows from eastern mountains into the Aral Sea

• Volga
• Syr Darya
• Amu Darya
• Both of the Daryas

The situation in Afghanistan today is in many was a result of a long war with the ___ in the 1980s.

• Taliban
• Soviet Union
• United States
• al Qaeda

What is the Silk Road?

• The trading of goods between countries
• A trading route between countries
• Both of the statements
• None of the statements

What were some of the goods that were traded during the Silk Road?

• Silk
• Textiles
• Spices
• All of the above

The countries of Central Asia were once republics of Russia / Soviet Union

• True

• False

Many of the people in Central Asia are farmers and nomadic herders

• True

• False