Eurasia Review #1

Describe Eurasia to the best of your knowledge

• Geography is diverse, from mountains, plains to deserts

• Many countries, like Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan used to be part of the Soviet Union

• Away from the Equator, climate is generally cold and farming is difficult

• Many ethnic groups with diverse cultural and religious backgrounds live here

__________ has the greatest population density in Eurasia

What is "permafrost?" Is "permafrost" as area easy to settle down in? What is "tundra?" What is "taiga?"

Answer explanation

1. Permafrost: an area that is permanently frozen, making settlement and farming almost impossible

2. Permafrost also makes construction of roads and buildings difficult

3. Tundra: a plain with limited vegetation, like moss and shrubs

4. Taiga: a thick forest of coniferous trees that cover much of Serbia

What is the challenge for the governments and people in Eurasia?

Answer explanation

1. Eurasia has a lot of resources, like Serbia

2. But the harsh climate makes living and working there difficult

3. Hard to develop economically since opportunities are scarce

4. Modern, improved technologies could help extracting resources with fewer people

______ makes Caucasus countries better for human settlement, but the _______ makes living there a bit difficult. Where then do people settle in the Caucasus countries?

Which of following is true concerning cultural and religious diversity in Eurasia?

• Russian Slavs constitute the majority in Eurasia

• Many people are Russian Orthodox Christians

• People passed through the region and settled in Northern Eurasia historically

• Minority follow Muslim, Judaism, and Buddhism

Though minority, different ethnic groups tend to settle and live in ______ in the Caucasus and Central Asia.

What is the language makeup of Eurasia?

• Some ethnic minority would speak a language similar to Persian

• Russian is the dominant language

• Some in Central Asia speak Turkic languages similar to Turkish

• Each ethnic minority would speak its own language

• New immigrants from China have settled in Eurasia and speak Chinese

What are government types in Eurasia?

• Monarchy

• Fragile democracy

• Dictatorship

• Authoritarian

______, ______, and ______ have imperfect, and fragile, democracy