Across
- 3. This geographic feature isolates Russia from other parts of the world
- 4. The current Russian Federation country has a more _______ economy rather than a command economy (two words)
- 6. The Soviet Union had a ______ type of government
- 8. Under the USSR, _____ became a symbol of the country, influencing architecture, literature, music, and more
- 9. The pipeline in Russia is how people overcome their environment to access this natural resource.
- 14. This group in Afghanistan have seen their rights and freedoms slowly rise in recent years.
- 15. This religion is common in Russia (two words)
- 16. One of the biggest issues in Russia today is political ________.
- 17. A large portion of the area around the Caspian Sea has a ____ climate.
- 20. ______ was a long conflict between the USSR and the United States in the 1900s.(two words)
- 22. In Afghanistan, ______ causes conflict
- 24. This body of water is shrinking because water is diverted for irrigation.
Down
- 1. Central Asian economies struggle because of poor ______.
- 2. This religion is common in Central Asia
- 5. Because Central Asia has limited resources, and livestock herders move around a lot, they are considered ______.
- 7. This country came about in the earlier 1900s in Russia and influenced Centra Asia all throughout the 1900s.
- 9. Central Asia is isolated because it has no access to ____ (a type of body of water)
- 10. While most Central Asian countries technically have republic governments, they are really _______.
- 11. Central Asia's culture has great _______ (meaning many ethnicities, languages, etc)
- 12. Afghanistan has instability for several reasons. One of them is geography, including the fact they they have no access to water. This is also called being ______.
- 13. Russia could be more environmentally friendly by using water power. This is also called _____ power.
- 18. Central Asia looks to the _____ for cultural influences (direction)
- 19. This area of Russia has a subarctic climate
- 21. Russia looks to the _____ for cultural influences (direction)
- 23. This percent of Afghanistan's people cannot read (spell out the number)