1. Kazakhstan

2. Government Type: republic government Three branches: legislative, judicial and executive Elections: next election in 2016 Term length: 5 years President: Nursultan Nazarbayev

3. Market Economy: the government has little or no involvement in the economy Exports: Uranium, oil and agriculture Imports: Machinery, metal products Success: recovered well from the collapse of the Soviet Union Economy Uranium Export Agriculture Exports Machine Imports

4. General Geography Political Map Physical Map

5. World Map of Kazakhstan 9th largest country Largest landlocked country

6. Climate Type: Continental and dry Four distinct seasons Mostly desert regions Plants have to adapt to desert climate 1/3 of the country is the Kazakh Steppe

7. Country Flag Created: June 4, 1992 Yellow pattern represents the culture of aboriginal people of Kazakhstan The eagle and sun represent freedom Blue stands for Kazakhstan's broad skies

8. Kazakhstan Currency Tenge: the Kazakhstan currency 1 tenge= 145.6 US dollars Brought into circulation on November 15,1993 Banknotes=200; 500; 1,000; 2,000; 5,000; 10,000 Tenge Coins from 1 to 100

9. Language: Kazakh Written in Cyrillic alphabet Approximately 8 million speakers С ә лем = hello Ia= yes (formal) Aha=yes (informal) Men kazaksha onsha emes bilemin= I can’t speak Kazakh well Қ алы ң ыз қ алай? = How are you? Қ ош келді ң із! = Welcome

10. Video of Learning Kazakh Click here to watch the full video

11. Kazakhstan Education 99.6% literacy rate Compulsery Education: grade 1-11 and age 6-15 Must pass Edinoe Nacional'noe Testirovanie to get into a University Grading Scale: 1-5 5=excellent 4= good 3=satisfactory Kazakhstan University

12. Sources https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world- factbook/geos/kz.html http://www.countryreports.org/country/Kazakhstan.htm http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/5487.htm

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