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About ________% of Afghanistan's population is Turkmen.

A) 2
B) 15
C) 28
D) 40

E) All of the above
F) C) and D)

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The Taliban movement began in the madrasahs, or ________, financed by the Saudi Arabian government and located on the border of Pakistan and Afghanistan.

A) Quranic schools
B) mountain strongholds
C) prison-labor factories
D) agricultural complexes

E) None of the above
F) B) and D)

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Describe the attraction of opium production to farmers in Afghanistan and suggest alternative solutions to the elimination of the drug production.

- Just south of the Aral Sea, the dominant ethnic group is the:

About ________% of Afghanistan's population is Hazara.

The highest urbanization rate in Central Asia is found in:

Astana, Kazakhstan experiences hot summer, cold winters, and arid conditions; these conditions are typical of ________ climates.

Although the soils of Central Asia's steppes are generally rich, much like those of the prairie lands of the U.S. Great Plains, a steppe environment differs from a prairie environment in its generally lower and more variable:

Because Kazakhstan has adequate precipitation for large-scale grain production in the north, it lacks areas of irrigation agriculture.

Evaluate which of the ecological disasters of the Soviet period have the most negative effects on Central Asia.

Evaluate which has had a more destabilizing influence in Central Asia and Afghanistan: colonization or mixed ethnic composition.

Due to Soviet relocation programs, today Uzbeks are found only in Uzbekistan.

Describe the plight of the Tajik male laborer after independence and evaluate whether migration abroad or staying the countryside will provide the best opportunity in the future.

About ________% of Afghanistan's population is Tajik.

- The Balochi ethnic group predominates in southern:

Most of Uzbekistan's energy comes from natural gas.

The ________ connects Afghanistan to China.

- The Amu Darya and Syr Darya rivers flow into the:

-The city of Dushanbe is located in Uzbekistan's Ferghana Valley.

About 90% of laborers migrating from Tajikistan have gone to the country of: