Central Asia and the Caucasus Assignment

This was the name for several trade routes that connected East Asia [China] and South Asia [India] to Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa.

• Salt Road

• Spice Road

• Silk Road

• Stone Road

This geographical area, which includes Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan, is known as...

• Eastern Europe

• Caucasus

• Eurasia

• Central Asia

This area, including the Stan countries, is known as...

• Central Asia

• Caucasus

• East Asia

• Eastern Europe

What does the 'stan' in the Central Asian countries such as Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan etc mean?

• personal name [first name]

• surname [last name]

• Origin

• Land

What country ruled the Caucasus and Central Asia for hundreds of years, both as an empire and later as part of a communist union:

• Germany

• Russia

• China

• France

What Communist country collapsed in 1991, ending the Cold War in an American victory?

• People's Republic of China

• Cuba

• Soviet Union

• Vietnam

Which of these was NOT traded on the Silk Road?

• religions and philosophies

• spices, salt and silk

• technological and scientific advancements, people, and potteries

• car parts, airplane engines, and train carriages

Most leaders of Central Asian and Caucasus countries were former _____.

• Communists

• Fascists

• Nazis

• Democrats

The Rose Revolution deposed [removed] this dictator after massive election fraud in the early 2000s. This allowed democracy to survive in this country and still does today.

• Josef Stalin

• Eduard Shevardnadze

• Nursultan Nazarbayev

• Islom Karimov

This freshwater sea shared between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, has shrunk considerably since the 1980s due to Soviet government mismanagement.

• Black Sea

• Caspian Sea

• Aral Sea

• Baltic Sea