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Why are ethnic Russians leaving Central Asia?

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The majority of the world's opium is produced in


A) Afghanistan
B) Mongolia
C) Tajikistan
D) China
E) Uzbekistan

F) C) and D)
G) A) and C)

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Which of the following cities of Central Asia is largely a Soviet creation?


A) Astana, Kazakhstan
B) Kabul, Afghanistan
C) Tashkent, Uzbekistan
D) Baku, Azerbaijan
E) Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

F) A) and E)
G) B) and C)

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The Caspian Sea


A) is in much greater danger than is the Aral Sea.
B) is threatened by oil-industry pollution.
C) drains into the Mediterranean.
D) is the smallest lake in Central Asia.
E) has increased in size over the last three decades.

F) C) and E)
G) A) and B)

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Which nation did the Taliban use as a safe haven against US/NATO bombing raids within Afghanistan?


A) Tajikistan
B) Uzbekistan
C) India
D) Iran
E) Pakistan

F) A) and B)
G) None of the above

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Which of the following statements is TRUE regarding the ethnolinguistic geography of Afghanistan? Which of the following statements is TRUE regarding the ethnolinguistic geography of Afghanistan?   A) The Pashto language is not spoken within Afghanistan B) Hazara speaking people tend to be clustered along the frontier with Pakistan C) Pashto speaking people tend to be found on the northern frontier with Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan D) Turkic speaking people tend to be located on the frontier with Pakistan E) Pashto speaking people largely are found in the southern half of Afghanistan


A) The Pashto language is not spoken within Afghanistan
B) Hazara speaking people tend to be clustered along the frontier with Pakistan
C) Pashto speaking people tend to be found on the northern frontier with Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan
D) Turkic speaking people tend to be located on the frontier with Pakistan
E) Pashto speaking people largely are found in the southern half of Afghanistan

F) C) and E)
G) B) and E)

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Which one of the following statements is FALSE regarding the role of women in Central Asia?


A) Women tend to have more autonomy in pastoral societies of the steppe zone than did women in more agricultural and urban areas.
B) Women have achieved relatively high levels of education due to the egalitarian principles imported into the region by the Soviet Union.
C) Women outnumber men in the majority of parliaments and governmental bodies throughout Central Asia.
D) A large proportion of households are run by women due to the fact many men have migrated to Russia for work.
E) Kidnapping of women for forced marriages is still a common practice in many traditional Central Asian societies.

F) A) and E)
G) A) and D)

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Which nation in the region has a coastline on the Caspian Sea?


A) Mongolia
B) Afghanistan
C) Tajikistan
D) Kyrgyzstan
E) Kazakhstan

F) A) and C)
G) B) and D)

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What is the most common language group in Central Asia, based on the number of native speakers? What is the most common language group in Central Asia, based on the number of native speakers?   A) Turkic B) Mongolian C) Tibetan D) Farsi E) Indo-European


A) Turkic
B) Mongolian
C) Tibetan
D) Farsi
E) Indo-European

F) A) and C)
G) A) and D)

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Afghanistan refuses to recognize the political border between it and which other country?


A) Uzbekistan
B) Tajikistan
C) Turkmenistan
D) Iran
E) Pakistan

F) D) and E)
G) A) and E)

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