Vocab 10

Question 1

Yurt

Answer 1

Collapsible, felt covered structure lived in by Mongolians as they tend their sheep and cattle

Question 2

Taliban

Answer 2

A harsh Islamic extremist political group that ruled most of Afghanistan in the late 1900s

Question 3

Theocracy

Answer 3

A political state led by religious authorities

Question 4

Loess

Answer 4

A fine wind-deposited sediment that makes fertile soil but is very vulberable to water erosion

Question 5

Bodhisattva

Answer 5

A spiritual being who helps others attain enlightenment

Question 6

Xinjiang

Answer 6

The northwestern most province of China

Question 7

Pashtun

Answer 7

A dominant ethnic group in Afghanistan; this group founded Afghanistan in the 18th century

Question 8

Pastoralists

Answer 8

Nomadic and sedentary peoples who rely on livestock for their sustenance and livelihood

Question 9

Alluvial Fans

Answer 9

Fan shaped deposits of sediments dropped by streams flowing out of the mountains

Question 10

Transhumance

Answer 10

A form of pastoralism in which animals are taken to high-altitude pastures during the summer months and returned to low-altitude pastures during the winter

Question 11

Exotic rivers

Answer 11

A river that issues from a humid area and flows into a dry area which otherwise lacks streams

Question 12

Steppe

Answer 12

Semiarid grasslands found in many parts of the world; grasses in these areas are usually shorter and less dense than prairies

Question 13

Shanghai Cooperation Organization

Answer 13

A group of countries that seeks cooperation on such security issues as terrorism and separatism, aims to enhance trade, and serves as a counterbalance to the US

Question 14

Dalai Lama

Answer 14

Considered the reincarnation of the Bodhisattva of Compassion