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| Space launch center in Central Asia | Baikonur
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| Treeless plains covered with grassland vegetation found in much of Central Asia | steppes
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| Salt lake, located in Central Asia, which has shrunk about 40% since the 1960's | Aral Sea
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| Mountain range in eastern Afghanistan | Hindu Kush
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| One of the rivers in Central Asia which is used for irrigation necessary for the cultivation of cotton in Central Asia | Amu Darya or Syr Darya
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| Fossil fuel which is an important natural resource in Central Asia | petroleum, coal, or natural gas
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| Overland Trade route connecting Europe and Asia | Silk Road
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| Important city which grew up in Uzbekistan along the Silk Road | Samarkand
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| Religion of the majority of people in Central Asia | Islam
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| Desert in Central Asia | Kara Kum or Kyzyl Kum
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| Important cash crop grown in area around the Aral Sea; known as "white gold" | cotton
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| Central Asian natural resource which is used as fuel for atomic (nuclear) energy | Uranium
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| City which grew up at an oasis along the Silk Road in modern day Uzbekistan | Samarakand
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| Country, which for most of the 20th century, counted 5 Central Asian countries among its republics | USSR (Soviet Union)
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| Largest country in Central Asia | Kazahkstan
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| Only Central Asian country which was NOT part of the former Soviet Union | Afghanistan
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| Group which opposed the communist government which gained control of Afghanistan in 1978 | Mujahedin
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| Islamic militant group which gained control of Afghanistan when the Soviet Union withdrew in 1989 | Taliban
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| One way in which Taliban limited women's rights in Afghanistan | Women not allowed to work
Girls not allowed to attend school
Women not allowed in public without male companion
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| Terrorist leader who was given protection in Afghanistan by the Taliban government | Osama bin Laden
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| Terrorist group led by Saudi-born Osama bin Laden | al-Qaeda
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| Mastermind of terrorist attack on the USA on September 11, 2001 | Osama bin Laden
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| Country to which many Taliban and al-Qaeda fled after October 2001 by USA and other countries | Pakistan
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| Man who became the elected President of Afghanistan in 2004 | Hamid Karzai
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| US President who re-focused USA attention on Afghanistan rather than Iraq | Barak Obama
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| Chief Military commander for Afghanistan appointed by President Obama | Lt. General Stanley Mc Chrystal
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| Afghan refugee whose picture appeared on a National Geographic Magazine in 1985; known for many years simply as "Afghan girl" | Sharbat Gula
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