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Chapter 16
vocabolary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| deciduous | describing trees that shed their leaves in the autumn |
| harness | to get control of and use |
| irrigate | to supply land with water through ditches or pipes |
| complex | highly developed |
| oasis | a fertile area that rises in a desert wherever water is regularly available |
| homogeneous | made up of many things that are the same |
| yurt | a large, circular structure made of animal skins that can be packed up and moved from place to place; used as a home in Mongolia |
| significant | important |
| Caucasus region | the Caucasus region is located between the Caspian sea and the Black sea to the south is the Caucasus region, the climate is an arid climate. |
| Syr Dar'Ya and Amu Dar'Ya Rivers | The Amu Dar'Ya river is 500 miles to irrigate desert land near the Caspian Sea.The Syr Dar'Ya river begins in the eastern Fergana Valley and slows northwest through Uzbekistan,Tajikistan,and Kazakhstan where it empties into the Aral Sea. |
| climate | the average weather in an area over a long period of time, |
| Turkmenistan | has the smallest population in Central Asia |
| Uzbekistan | has the largest population in Central Asia |
| Conquerors-big prize? | Chinese,Huns,and other groups were the conquerors the prize was control of the Silk Road. |