Central Asia Physical Geography 3.2
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 steppe | a vast (huge) dry, grassy, treeless plain found in Asia and eastern Europe |
| Baikonur | located in the country of Kazakhstan, it is the location of the largest space-launch center in the world. It launched the first satellite into space (1957), the first human into space (1961), and the Mars Express to Mars (2003). |
| Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Afghanistan | Name the countries of Central Asia |
| Afganistan | At one time, most of the countries of Central Asia belonged to the Soviet Union. Name the one country that did NOT belong to the SU. |
| deserts, steppes,and highlands | Name the main physical features of central Asia |
| Tian Shan and Pamir | Name two mountain ranges of Central Asia |
| Kara Kum, Kyzyl Kum | The _______________ desert covers much of Turkmenistan, and the _________________desert covers much of Uzbekistan. |
| Kirghiz | The _______________ Steppe is vast treeless plain in Kazakhstan. |
| arid and semi-arid | What kind of climate does most of Central Asia have? |
| Caspian Sea | a salt water lake on the western border of Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan; the largest lake in the world |
| Aral Sea | an inland, salt-water lake on the border of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan ; |
| In the 1960's, the former Soviet Union wanted to irrigate cotton crops, so they channeled water from rivers that fed the sea; as result, the sea has begun to dry up. | The Aral Sea was once the fourth-largest inland lake in the world, but is now much smaller. Why? |
| Soviet Union | A former communist country that formed a large empire in eastern Europe and northern Asia, from 1922 to 1991. It used to include Russian and many Central Asia countries such as Kazakhstan, etc. When it broke apart in 1991, many of these small countries gained their independence. |
| oil and natural gas | Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and Turkmenistan have large reserves of _________________________. |
| coal, gold, copper, iron ore, lead, uranium | Besides oil and natural gas, Central Asian countries have important mineral resources. Name these. |
| raised livestock such as sheep, horses, goats, and camels | For thousands of years, the people of Central Asia have _____________________ for a living. |
| cotton | What is the major crop in Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, and Tajikistan? |
| Amu Darya and Sry Darya | Name the two rivers that fed the Aral Sea. Water from these rivers were used to irrigate crops. |
| - Huge amounts of pesticides were used on the crops, which led to the soil being polluted. -Heavy irrigation led to the drying up of the Aral Sea. | Farming practices greatly increased cotton production increased greatly from 1960 to 1980, but the land was damaged. Name two problems associated with these farming practices. |
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