Question 1

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

Accepted Answer

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. 
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.

Question 2

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 3

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 4

Which of the following statements is TRUE regarding the ethnolinguistic geography of Afghanistan?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 5

What is the most common language group in Central Asia, based on the number of native speakers?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 6

Why are ethnic Russians leaving Central Asia?

Accepted Answer

Most ethnic Russians who had lived in Ce

Question 7

The Caspian Sea

Accepted Answer

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. 
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.

Question 8

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 9

The majority of the world's opium is produced in

Accepted Answer

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

Question 10

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

Accepted Answer

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

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

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

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

Which of the following statements is TRUE regarding the ethnolinguistic geography of Afghanistan?

What is the most common language group in Central Asia, based on the number of native speakers?

Why are ethnic Russians leaving Central Asia?

The Caspian Sea

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

The majority of the world's opium is produced in

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

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Exam 10: Central Asia

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

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

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

Which of the following statements is TRUE regarding the ethnolinguistic geography of Afghanistan?

What is the most common language group in Central Asia, based on the number of native speakers?

Why are ethnic Russians leaving Central Asia?

The Caspian Sea

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

The majority of the world's opium is produced in

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

Concepts of World Geography

Physical Geography and the Environment

North America

Latin America

The Caribbean

Sub-Saharan Africa

Southwest Asia and North Africa

Europe

The Russian Domain

East Asia

South Asia

Southeast Asia

Australia and Oceania

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