Central Asia Review Game!

Question 1:

• This is the largest desert in Central Asia

Question 2:

• This is the place where many of Asia’s largest rivers come from

Question 3

A tangle of mountains where Pakistan, Afghanistan, China, Tajikistan converge.

Question 4

• What is a Steppe?

Question 5

• What does “transhumance” mean?

Question 6

• What “resource” helped Central Asians with their military against sedentary people?

Question 7

• The presence of ______ have made it difficult for this region to gain independence

Question 8

• The country of Afghanistan mainly exports this:

Question 9

• What is a pastoralist?

Question 10

• How are the mountains of Central Asia formed?

Question 11

• This is the largest river in the world

Question 12

• This is a nearly dried up sea in Kazakhstan

Question 13

• How has Russian influence effected Central Asia?

Question 1:

• This is the largest desert in Central Asia

• The Gobi Desert

Question 2:

• This is the place where many of Asia’s largest rivers come from

• Tibetan Plateau

Question 3

A tangle of mountains where Pakistan, Afghanistan, China, Tajikistan converge.

Pamir Knot

Question 4

• What is a Steppe?

• A flat un-forested grassland that is mostly flat

Question 5

• What does “transhumance” mean?

• The migration of people and their animals depending on the season

Question 6

• What “resource” helped Central Asians with their military against sedentary people?

• Horses

Question 7

• The presence of ______ have made it difficult for this region to gain independence

• Dictators

Question 8

• The country of Afghanistan mainly exports this:

• Illegal Drugs (opium from the Poppy Seed)

Question 9

• What is a pastoralist?

• People that rely on domesticating large animals (cattle, yaks) for food and nutrient sources. They also live with their animals in the fields.

Question 10

• How are the mountains of Central Asia formed?

• Collision of the Sub-Continent of India with the Asian mainland.

Question 11

• This is the largest river in the world

• Caspian Sea

Question 12

• This is a nearly dried up sea in Kazakhstan

• Aral Sea

Question 13

• How has Russian influence effected Central Asia?

1. Rely on Russia for Security2. Rely on Russia for trade goods3. Rely on Russia for strategic goods