Chapter 5 Crossword Puzzle

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Across
  1. 1. The wide open spaces of Russia make ____ power an appropriate ecofriendly power option.
  2. 7. The major religion of Central Asia
  3. 8. The Aral Sea is shrinking because water was diverted for this industry.
  4. 10. Women in Afghanistan have seen (more/less) civil rights in the last 10 years.
  5. 11. _____ looks to Europe for cultural influences.
  6. 14. The governments in Central Asia are _______
  7. 16. Gas and oil are a natural resource in Siberia that are moved through the difficult geography by _____.
Down
  1. 2. This type of people historically came to Central Asia and herded animals
  2. 3. This geographic feature protects countries like Russia and Afghanistan from invasion
  3. 4. The major climate of Russia
  4. 5. Afghanistan has a history of instability that is caused by geography, ______, and interference by other countries
  5. 6. The Cold War was a competition between ______ and Russia.
  6. 9. The major religion of Russia
  7. 12. Central Asia does not have one majority ethnicity, instead it has ________.
  8. 13. A country is isolated by its geography if it is _____, meaning there is no access to water for trade and travel.
  9. 15. Rather than a command economy like the USSR, the current Russian Federation has a ______-based economy.
  10. 17. Instability in Afghanistan has created low _____ rates (reading).