Central Asia Chapter #18. I. Physical Geography Major mountain ranges? (3) Major mountain ranges? (3) –Tallest peak? World’s largest lake? World’s largest.

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Central Asia Chapter #18

I. Physical Geography Major mountain ranges? (3) Major mountain ranges? (3) –Tallest peak? World’s largest lake? World’s largest lake? Lake Balkhash? Lake Balkhash?

A. Climates, Biomes, Natural Resources Climates? Why? Climates? Why? Kara-Kum (Black Sand) Kara-Kum (Black Sand) Kyzyl Kum (Red Sand) Kyzyl Kum (Red Sand) Southern Turkmenistan? Southern Turkmenistan? –Ashgabat?

B. Natural Resources The MOST precious resource? The MOST precious resource? Mineral resources? Mineral resources?

II. History & Culture Silk Road? Silk Road? Caravan? Caravan?

A. Russian & Soviet Rule Russian colonization? Russian colonization? Cotton monoculture? Cotton monoculture?

Where’s the Aral Sea going?

B. Culture “Turkistan” “Turkistan” Nomads? Nomads? Transhumanance? Transhumanance? Yurts? Yurts?

C. People, Languages, & Religion Language? Language? Cyrillic vs. Latin Alphabet? Cyrillic vs. Latin Alphabet? Religion? Religion?

D. Traditions & Education Central Asia’s BEST known art form? Central Asia’s BEST known art form?

Life Expectancy of Central Asia?

III. The Region Today Dryland farming? Where? Dryland farming? Where? Inability to develop resources? Inability to develop resources?

A. Urban Region Urban vs. Rural Population? Why? Urban vs. Rural Population? Why? Capital city? Capital city?

B. Issues & Challenges Problem of location? Problem of location? Kazakhstan…in the way? Kazakhstan…in the way? Where’s all the water? Where’s all the water?

C. Environmental Issues Soviet impact? Soviet impact? –Aral Sea? –Kazakhstan? Farmlands? Farmlands? Baikonur BaikonurCosmodrome

That’s it folks! Study Ch. 17 & 18 w/Cold War notes for Test!