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West and Central Asia
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Geography
7th Grade
05/11/2020

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collective
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large farm leased from the state to groups of peasant farmers, common in the USSR
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taiga
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a region of evergreen forest below the arctic and subarctic tundra regions
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steppe
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sparse, dry, treeless grassland
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pastoral
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rural
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Caucasus Mountains
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the mountain range between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea that forms part of the traditional border between Europe and Asia
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Silk Road
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Ancient trade routes connecting China and the Middle East across Central Asia and Iran.
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yurt
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a round tent-like structure of skin, felt or hand-woven textiles arranged over wooden poles. Common in Central Asian history
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Mongols
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People from Central Asia who ended up creating the largest single land empire in history in the 12-1300s
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Armenian Genocide
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The massacre of Armenians conducted by Turkey during WWI
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Aral Sea
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lake that has lost 80% of water volume from irrigation projects; runoff with chemicals inside it flows into this lake and has made it polluted
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