7th S.S. - Ch. 18 Quiz (Central Asia)

The practice of moving livestock from summer pastures in the mountains to lowland pastures in the winter is

• transhumance

• monoculture

• zinc

A mountain range in northeast Central Asia is

• Astana

• Altay Shan

• Fergana Valley

Reliance on rainfall instead of irrigation in farming is called

• monoculture

• dryland farming

• yurt

Cultivation of a single crop is known as

• monoculture

• dryland farming

• Syr Dar'ya

Central Asia's largest city is

• Altay Shan

• Tashkent

• Astana

The new capital of Kazakhstan is

• Syr Dar'ya

• Tashkent

• Astana

The river that begins in the Tian Shan and empties into the Aral Sea is the

• Fergana Valley

• Syr Dar'ya

• Pamirs

Movable round houses made of wool felt mats are known as

• Bishkek

• transhumance

• yurts

The extremely fertile area in Central Asia is called the

• Altay Shan

• Fergana Valley

• Syr Dar'ya

The element important in metal processing is called

• zinc

• yurts

• Tashkent