Geography- Central Asia – Flashcards
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Caspian Sea
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world's largest lake
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Taliban
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extreme fundamentalist Islamic organization
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Dalai Lama
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leader of Buddhist religion (led Tibet in Theocracy)
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Alluvial Fan
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fan-shaped deposits of sediment dropped by streams flowing out of the mountains; fertile area
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Loess
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fertile, silty soil deposited by the wind
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Theocracy
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religious state (Tibet)
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Reason why environment is relatively clean in Central Asia
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low population density
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Reason for shrinking Aral Sea
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use of water from rivers feeding the sea for irrigation
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Climate change effects
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retreat of glaciers, provides water to rivers, reduce freshwater supply, reduce precip. to arid lowlands, drier
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Urbanization in Central Asia
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Russian and Chinese encourage urb., very urban
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Highest Population concentration
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where highlands meet plains, water and fertile soil available
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Migration to Tibet and Western China provinces
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Han Chinese
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Most common language group
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Turkic lang.
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Areas of current Chinese control
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Xinjiang, Tibet
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Most developed country
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Kazakhstan
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Country with the worst overall social indicators
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Afghanistan
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How mountain ranges were created
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Central Asian highlands, formed by collision of Indian subcontinent into Asia
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Country never colonized
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Afghanistan was buffer state, never colonized and buffered Russian Empire from British India
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Social conditions in former Soviet Republics
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gender equity is good; literacy, life expectancy, education levels remain high
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Problems with oil wealth
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improvements in transportation, other infrastructure needed
