Unit 6: Russia, the Caucasus and Central Asia

Why do nations in Central Asia speak Russian?

• nations in Central Asia don't speak Russian

• Central Asian nations were formerly part of the Soviet Union

• business work is only done in the Russian language

• it is due to the Silk Road

What level of economic activity is the most popular within Central Asia?

• primary activity

• secondary activity

• tertiary activity

• quaternary activity

What is the prominent religion in Central Asia?

• Judaism

• Islam

• Catholicism

• Protestant Christianity

Kazakhstan's name means-

• desert land

• land of the Kazak

• land of the Turks

• dry land

The use of the yurt for thousands of years from its creation to today is an example of what?

• culture is being passed down

• the economy is in trouble

• people are assimilating

• people are becoming more sedentary

Why has the size of the Aral Sea decreased?

• it has not rained in that part of Kazakhstan for over 20 years

• a dam was built

• water from the rivers that filled the ocean were redirected

• housing is being built by the sea

More agriculture comes from small subsistence farming than from large scale industry farming in Russia.

• True

• False

What happened as a result of the fall of the Berlin Wall?

• Eastern European nations joined the EU

• the Soviet Union gained more strength

• the USA won the Space Race

• a war between Russia and Eastern European nations broke out

Why were people able to easily migrate throughout Central Asia?

• the access to water ways allowed for travel on boat

• it was not easy to travel

• the geography is flat plains rather than mountains making it easy to walk on

• the first modes of air travel were practiced in this area

How was culture spread throughout Russia, the Caucasus region and Central Asia?

• economics

• migration

• education from universities

• colonization