Chapter 15- Terms/places/people

Question 1

T’bilisi

Answer 1

Capital of Georgia

Question 2

Aral Sea

Answer 2

Large farms needing irrigation have nearly drained away the rivers

Question 3

Cyrillic

Answer 3

Alphabet to help the Slavs read and write their own language

Question 4

Bilingual

Answer 4

Referring to a country that has two official languages

Question 5

Nomads

Answer 5

People who move from place to place with herds of animals

Question 6

Majority group

Answer 6

Group in society that controls most of the wealth & power

Question 7

Minority group

Answer 7

Group of people who are different in some characteristic from the group with the most power & wealth in a region

Question 8

Light industry

Answer 8

Production of consumer goods such as clothing, shoes, furniture & house hold products

Question 9

Heavy industry

Answer 9

The production of goods such as machinery, mining equipment & steel

Question 10

Ismail Samani Peak

Answer 10

Highest mountain in Central Asia

Question 11

Moscow

Answer 11

Capital of Russia

Question 12

Dushanbe

Answer 12

Tajikistan’s largest city and capital

Question 13

Garagum

Answer 13

Desert in Turkmenistan

Question 14

Tian Shan

Answer 14

MountIn range makes up most of Kyrgyzstan