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Question

Which of the following statements is true about the ethnic groups in Georgia?
A) Jews make up about 75 percent of the population in Georgia.
B) Descendants of ethnic Georgians make up about 70 percent of the population in Georgia
C) Armenians, Azeris, and Russians each total more than 20 percent of the population.
D) More than 90 percent of the population are ethnic Azeris.
4. Which of the following is the main reason foreign investors are hesitant to invest in oil exploration in Azerbaijan?
A) threat of earthquakes
B) objections from environmental groups
C) government instability
D) disagreements about location of the reserves
5. In contrast to most of its neighbors, Armenia
A) is a predominantly Christian country.
B) was never part of the Soviet Union.
C) has a long history of positive relations between diverse ethnic groups.
D) has made an easy transition to a market economy.
8. Which of the following problems exists in Azerbaijan?
A) a shortage of petroleum and other natural resources
B) severe water and air pollution
C) a shortage of wool as a result of diseased sheep
D) contamination of land from a nuclear power accident
9. The climate of Central Asia tends to be
A) subtropical with heavy rainfall.
B) continental with limited precipitation.
C) tropical wet with heavy rainfall.
D) arid or semiarid with more than 10 inches of rain a year in some areas.
10. Which of the following was NOT a consequence of diverting water to irrigate cotton fields in Central Asia?
A) The fishing industry in the Aral Sea area was destroyed.
B) The level of the Aral Sea was lowered.
C) The Amu Darya River was drained dry.
D) The desert landscape increased in the region.
11. Which of the following spurred the growth of many cities in Central Asia after the breakup of the Soviet Union?
A) The growth of the Islamic religion
B) Industrial development
C) Irrigation and desertification
D) The Silk Road
12. The climate and terrain near the Black Sea in Georgia are not suited to which of the following economic activities?
A) tourism
B) grape growing
C) grain growing
D) tobacco growing
13. Relations between Armenia and Turkey are particularly bitter because of
A) a Turkish massacre of Armenians during World War I.
B) Turkey’s capture of Mount Ararat during World War II.
C) Turkey’s favorable relations with the Soviet Union during the Cold War.
D) a rift between the leadership of the Eastern Orthodox Church in Turkey and the Armenian Orthodox Church.
14. Improvements in the Georgian economy since the mid-1990s are partly due to which of the following?
A) resolving internal ethnic conflicts
B) increasing extraction of coal and petroleum
C) encouraging a shift from agriculture to high-tech industries
D) imposing price controls
16. Like its neighbor Azerbaijan, Armenia
A) is a major oil producer.
B) is a mostly Muslim country.
C) is known for its traditional craft of rug making.
D) borders the Caspian Sea.
18. Which of the policies of the Soviet Union had a dramatic effect on the lifestyle of people in Kazakhstan?
A) prohibiting the practice of Islam
B) building an oil pipeline through grazing lands
C) forcing nomadic peoples to settle in villages and work on massive government farms
D) forcing people who lived in cities to relocate to small villages
20. Which of the following statements is true regarding the economic activities in Central Asian nations when the region came under the control oft he former Soviet Union?
A) The Soviet government forced nomadic peoples to settle in villages and work on massive government farms.
B) The Soviet government encouraged nomadic herding throughout the region.
C) The people in Central Asia voluntarily gave up nomadic herding and based their economy on the region’s mineral resources.
D) The people in Central Asia were forced to settle in big cities and work in government factories.
24. Compared with the Caucasus countries, countries in Central Asia
A) are less ethnically diverse.
B) have fewer ethnic conflicts.
C) have fewer ties to Russia.
D) are less likely to be predominantly Islamic.
25. Which of the following environmental problems is more likely to be found in Central Asia than in the Caucasus nations?
A) Air pollution
B) Water pollution
C) Desertification
D) Soil contamination

Answer 1

Here is a web site on Georgia, that will help with the first question

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia_%28country%29



When you finish that type in Azerbaijan in the [search] box located at top right,

and you will get info on that country.



Then continue and answer what questions you can.

Then post another question if there are questions you are stuck on.

Answer 2

Many of these answers have multiple answers that can be argued "right"

You mat need to go through the chapter in the book youre studying from to see what they put an accent on.



You may want to skim it... Look at it quickly, to ID where the answers are.



Gj typing all this in. A+ in typing!

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Answer 4

i d k all i can say is they were part of soviet union USSR so were armenia and russia

and for 5. a) is true armenia was in soviet union so B) isnt true and ...