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What is Potash?
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What political party still controls Belaruss
government?
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Why have foreign companies been unwilling to do
business in Belarus?
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What is the population of Belarus?
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What is the major religion in Belarus?
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What ethnic group do most of Belaruss people
belong to?
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What other languages is Belorussian closely
related to?
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Which alphabet is used to write Belorussian?
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What is the capital of Belarus?
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Why does Moldovas flag look similar to Romanias
flag?
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What fraction of Moldovas people trace their
language and culture back to Romania?
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What is the population of Moldova?
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What is the capital of Moldova?
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What are the Baltic Republics?
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Why are Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania called the
Baltic Republics?
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What country did Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania
used to be a part of?
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What ethnic group do all three of the Baltic
Republics have large numbers of?
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What religious group do most of the people in
Estonia and Latvia belong to?
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What religious group do most of the people in
Lithuania belong to?
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How were the Baltic Republics able to develop
strong economies despite being located on poor
swampy land?
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What was the ancient trading route that stretched
from China to Europe called and why do you think
it was called this?
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What two bodies of water are the Caucasus
Republics located between?
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How did the region of the Caucasus Republics get
their name?
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What four different groups of people have ruled
the Caucasus and Central Asian Republics at one
time or another?
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Have all of the different ethnic groups in the
Caucasus and Central Asian Republics always
gotten along with each other?
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What one country were all eight of the Caucasus
and Central Asian Republics all a part of?
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Are the eight Caucasus and Central Asian
Republics independent countries today?
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What kind of economy and form of government do
all eight of the Caucasus and Central Asian
Republics have today?
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What environmental problems do the Caucasus and
Central Asian Republics have and when did they
originally occur?
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What are the three countries of the Caucasus
Republics?
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What kinds of climates do the Caucasus Republics
experience?
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What economic activity is occurring in the
Caucasus Republics because of their climate?
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What is the population of Armenia?
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Is there another country that has a similar
culture and speaks the same language as Armenia
and if so name that country?
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What is the major religion in Armenia?
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What was the first country in the world to make
Christianity its official religion and when did
this happen?
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Is the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan
clearly defined?
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What is the capital of Armenia?
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What are cracks in the Earths crust called?
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What natural disaster sometimes occurs in Armenia
because of the faults in the area?
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What other natural disaster used to occur in
Armenia because of the faults in the area?
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• How powerful was the earthquake that struck
  Leninakan in 1988?
• What country was Leninakan a part of when this
  earthquake occurred?
• Why did this earthquake cause so much damage?
• How much damage did the earthquake cause?
• How many people were killed in this earthquake?

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How powerful was the earthquake that struck
Leninakan in 1988?
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Today Leninakan is part of the country of
Armenia.What country was Leninakan a part of
when this earthquake occurred?
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Why did this earthquake cause so much damage?
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How much damage did the earthquake cause?
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How many people were killed in this earthquake?
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Leninakan is now known as Gyumri. The city was
called Leninakan from 1924-1990.Why do you think
this city was called Leninakan from 1924-1990?
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  websites.
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  for a fee.
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  by the Internet Society of Armenia.
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  party company that sells domain names, web
  hosting and email addresses.

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Is Azerbaijan contiguous or does it have a part
such as Alaska in the United States or
Kaliningrad in Russia that is separated from the
rest of the country?
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What is the largest ethnic group and language in
Azerbaijan?
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What is the major religion in Azerbaijan?
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What is the population of Azerbaijan?
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What is the capital of Azerbaijan?
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What are the most important natural resources to
the future of Azerbaijans economy and where are
they located?
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How do farmers grow crops in the dry areas of
Azerbaijan?
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What are agricultural products that are grown for
sale as exports called?
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What are Azerbaijans cash crops?
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What is the population of Georgia?
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What percentage of Georgias people arent ethnic
Georgians who speak Georgias distinctive
language, and use their unique alphabet?
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What is the major religion in Georgia?
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What is the capital of Georgia?
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What economic activity takes place in Georgia
along the Black Sea coast?
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How does Georgia generate most of its electricity?
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What are the five Central Asian Republics that
used to be part of the Soviet Union?
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Did every country that ends in stan used to be
a part of the Soviet Union and if not name the
countries that end in stan that werent a part
of the Soviet Union?
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What is the major religion in Kazakhstan,
Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan and
Tajikistan?
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What is the largest of the Central Asian
Republics?
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Since farming is difficult in the steppe region
of Kazakhstan what economic activity takes place
in this region instead?
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What is the population of Kazakhstan?
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Who were the ancestors of the ethnic Kazakhs?
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What are people who move from place to place with
herds of animals?
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What is the second largest group of people in
Kazakhstan?
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Why are there so many Russians in Kazakhstan?
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What is the population of Uzbekistan?
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What is a fertile or green area in a desert
watered by an underground spring?
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What is the capital and largest city in
Uzbekistan?
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What was the busy trade route that linked China
and Europe?
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What agricultural good is Uzbekistan one of the
worlds largest producers of?
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What effect has the cotton industry had on the
Aral Sea?
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Why does Turkmenistan have fewer people than
Uzbekistan even though Turkmenistan is larger?
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What does the word Garagum mean?
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How much economic activity takes place in the
Garagum?
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What are the leading economic activities in
Turkmenistan?
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What does Turkmenistan do since not enough food
is grown to feed everyone in the country?
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What important natural resource does Turkmenistan
have one of the largest supplies of in the world?
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What is the capital and largest city in
Turkmenistan?
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What are the Tian Shan?
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Which factor has the biggest influence on the
differences in climate in Kyrgyzstan?
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What elevations have the warmest climates in
Kyrgyzstan higher or lower?
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What factor makes it difficult for farmers in
Kyrgyzstan to grow crops?
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What is the largest ethnic group in Kyrgyzstan?
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What word is used to describe a country that has
two official languages?
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What are Kyrgyzstans two official languages?
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What is the population of Kyrgyzstan?
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What is the capital of Kyrgyzstan?
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What is Ismail Samani Peak?
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What is the capital and largest city in
Tajikistan?
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What is the population of Tajikistan?
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What is the largest ethnic group in Tajikistan?
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What is the second largest ethnic group in
Tajikistan?
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Have the Tajiks and Uzbeks always gotten along
and if not what has happened?
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How many countries exist today that used to be a
part of the Soviet Union?
Combine what you already know with pages 438 and
439 to find the answer.
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• Georgia
• Armenia
• Azerbaijan
• Kazakhstan
• Uzbekistan
• Turkmenistan
• Kyrgyzstan
• Tajikistan

• Russia
• Ukraine
• Belarus
• Moldova
• Estonia
• Latvia
• Lithuania

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Name all of the countries that exist today that
used to be a part of the Soviet Union?
Combine what you already know with pages 438 and
439 to find the answer.

• Russia
• Ukraine
• Belarus
• Moldova
• Estonia
• Latvia
• Lithuania

• Georgia
• Armenia
• Azerbaijan
• Kazakhstan
• Uzbekistan
• Turkmenistan
• Kyrgyzstan
• Tajikistan