Chapter 19 - Central Asia Test

The leader of Al-Qaeda

• Osama bin Laden

• Saddam Hussein

• Ayman al-Zawahiri

• Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi

A cultural area or territory that is distinct from but entirely within a foreign territory

• enclave

• exclave

• colony

• protectorate

Once a large inland body of water that is now several small, disconnected bodies of water

• Aral Sea

• Caspian Sea

• Lake Baikal

• Lake Superior

A black-sand desert that covers most of Turkmenistan

• Kara-Kum

• Gobi

• Sahara

• Kyzylkum

The area of western Central Asia between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea

• Caucasus

• Himalayas

• Andes

• Alps

A wide, grassy plain often found beside desert regions in Central Asia

• steppe

• tundra

• savanna

• taiga

The leader of the Mongol tribes who conquered Central Asia

• Genghis Khan

• Kublai Khan

• Timur

• Ogedei Khan

A territory or cultural area separated from the political entity to which it belongs

• exclave

• enclave

• peninsula

• isthmus

A dune-covered desert in Central Asia

• b. kum

• a. gobi

• c. sahara

• d. thar

The world’s largest inland body of water

• h. Caspian

• a. Lake Superior

• b. Lake Victoria

• c. Aral Sea