Question 1

What is the name Central Asia's shrinking sea?

Accepted Answer

The Aral Sea

Answer

The Dead Sea

Answer

The Caspian Sea

Answer

The Black Sea

Question 2

What is water stress?

Accepted Answer

When an area needs more water than it has

Answer

When an area hasn't turned in its CEN card from last week (you know who you are!)

Answer

When the government only allows you to use so much water

Answer

When there is more water in an area than they need

Question 3

What word means to damage or wear down?

Accepted Answer

Degrade

Answer

Parade

Answer

Invade

Answer

Exculpate

Question 4

What is the correct learning target for this chapter

Accepted Answer

I can explain how humans are affected by the changes they make to their environment

Answer

I can explain how humans change the environment

Answer

I can explain how humans interact with the environment

Answer

I can explain how humans are affected by water shortages

Question 5

Which term means that water is drinkable?

Accepted Answer

Potable

Answer

Irrigation

Answer

Degredation

Answer

Salization

Question 6

This term means the buildup of salt in soil or water

Accepted Answer

Salization

Answer

Irrigation

Answer

Desertification

Answer

Desalization

Question 7

What was the "cash crop" that the Soviets planted near the Aral Sea?

Accepted Answer

Cotton

Answer

Corn

Answer

Potatoes

Answer

Soy Beans

Question 8

What two countries surround the Aral Sea?

Accepted Answer

Kazakstan and Uzbekistan

Answer

Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan

Answer

Azerbaijan and Uzbekistan

Answer

Kazakstand and Azerbaijan

Question 9

The town of Moynaq is now how many miles away from the Aral Sea?

Accepted Answer

90

Answer

70

Answer

80

Answer

100

Question 10

Women in Uzbekistan are suffering from a lung disease known as tuberculosis, or TB.

Accepted Answer

True

Answer

False

Question 11

Babies born near the Aral Sea had high rates of health problems and high death rates between 1980 and 2000.

Accepted Answer

True

Answer

False

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