Central Asia, the Caucasus, and Siberian Russia

The first humans in Siberia came from North America.

• True

• False

For most of their history, Central Asian countries were part of outside empires.

• True

• False

From the late 1400s, Ottomans and Persians competed for the Caucasus.

• True

• False

Tajikistan is mainly rural, and its settled areas are sparsely populated.

• True

• False

Most Azerbaijanis are Christians, and most Armenians and Georgians are Muslims.

• True

• False

a treeless zone found near the Arctic Circle

• tundra

• Joseph Stalin

• Tashkent

• steppe

• Timur

Uzbekistan’s capital city and Central Asia’s largest city

• tundra

• Joseph Stalin

• Tashkent

• steppe

• Timur

brutal Soviet dictator

• tundra

• Joseph Stalin

• Tashkent

• steppe

• Timur

an area of dry grasslands

• tundra

• Joseph Stalin

• Tashkent

• steppe

• Timur

Central Asian conqueror in the mid-1300s

• tundra

• Joseph Stalin

• Tashkent

• steppe

• Timur