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Chapter 16 Lesson 2

Quiz by Jim Whitaker

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  • Q1
    During World War II, Germany invaded the Caucasus.
    Not enough information
    True
    Partially true
    False
    30s
  • Q2
    The Silk Road city of Samarqand was a center of culture in the 1300s.
    Partially true
    True
    False
    Not enough information
    30s
  • Q3
    The Russian czars’ main interest in Central Asia was mining gold.
    False
    Not enough information
    True
    Partially true
    30s
  • Q4
    The Caucasus has a complex ethnic history.
    Partially true
    Not enough information
    False
    True
    30s
  • Q5
    During World War I, Ottoman troops killed hundreds of thousands of ethnic Georgians.
    False
    Partially true
    True
    Not enough information
    30s
  • Q6
    When Central Asia was invaded by outside empires, what happened to the nomadic groups?
    They fled into neighboring areas not controlled by invaders.
    They retreated into the region’s desert areas and lived in freedom.
    They were captured and forced into slavery.
    They were defeated along with other ethnic groups in the region.
    30s
  • Q7
    Which religion was brought to Central Asia in the early a.d. 700s?
    Judaism
    Islam
    Buddhism
    Christianity
    30s
  • Q8
    When were Central Asia’s present-day countries formed?
    shortly after Timur conquered the region in the mid-1300s
    at the beginning of the Russian Revolution in 1917
    after the collapse of the Soviet Union in the 1990s
    at the end of World War II following the defeat of Germany
    30s
  • Q9
    What is one way the histories of Georgia and Armenia are similar?
    Both successfully resisted coming under Persian control.
    They were two of the earliest countries to convert to Islam.
    Neither had ever existed as an independent nation before the 1990s.
    They were two of the earliest countries to convert to Christianity.
    30s
  • Q10
    How did Soviet rule change the Caucasus?
    The Soviets encouraged the people to show pride in their ethnic identities.
    The region changed from an agricultural area to an urban and industrial area.
    The nations in the region finally gained their independence under Soviet rule.
    Islam slowly became the dominant religion throughout the region.
    30s

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