Notes

Central Asia
While the eastern part of the subregion has mountains that soar miles high, the western part slopes downward.has been conquered many times.capital is usually a primate city..Heavy reliance on exporting just one or two resources can be risky.
section 1---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1-borders,countries,all landlocked,western(Caucasus) and eastern(stan) section
2-Greater and Lesser Caucasus Mtns,Mount Shkhara ,mountains,basins,Fergana Valley,kums ,Turan Plain,Caspian Depression,Kara-Kum,Kyzyl Kum
3-earthquakes,Caspian Sea and its evaporation,
4-Sturgeon fishing ,aral sea,Lake Balkhash,Amu Dar’ya and Syr Dar’ya,Karakum Canal
5-pastoralism,livestock,Persian lamb and wool,Oases farming,Steppes Precipitation ,
6-crops,cereals AKA grains,nomads use steppes,climate, precipitation
7-resources ,oil and natural gas,Georgia location pipeline advantage,
section 2---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1-Silk Road,Christianity in Georgia and Armenia,
2-arabs,Mongols,Soviet Union and effects,
3-independence and new govt,mujahideen , Taliban,Al-Qaeda ,
4-Population Patterns, population growth,Population density influence,urbanization ,
5-Cities,Ethnic complexity and conflict,exclave,enclave,Fergana Valley,Sokh,Nagorno-Karabakh
6-displaced people,religion,language,
7-Education ,Literacy ,health care ,Aimak ,yurts,rural vs urban,Family and the Status of Women ,
8-The Arts ,less developed,low economic output causes,
9-food exports,cotton,Oil in Kazakhstan ,
10-Manufacturing and russia,command economyand market economy,government corruption
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1-pipelines,agri strain soil,
2-hydroelectric power,Tajikistan dam on Amu Dar’ya,farming and herding water waste,desertification and Deforestation
3-varied economy in azerbaijan,Armenia lack of resources and overdependence,
4-Apsheron Peninsula bad,Aral Sea story,concentrated water,Winds blew salt and harmful chemicals and damaged soil
5-Soviet nuke testing radiation in Kazakhstan ,chemicals,pesticides,Armenia nuclear power plant in earthquake land and deforestation,Land mines in afghanistan,
6-Land mines ,
7-USAID,Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the Caspian Sea,Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species ,sturgeon fishing and poaching,community-based demining