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Hint
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Answer
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A
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Inland sea nearly destroyed by Soviet irrigation during the 1960s
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Aral Sea
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B
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The most famous fictional Kazakhstani (in the western world)
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Borat
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C
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The Kazakh and Kyrgyz languages are primarily written in this alphabet
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Cyrillic
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D
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The name of this national capital means "Monday"
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Dushanbe
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E
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Uzbekistan has 4 and Tajikistan 2 of these in Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan has 1 and Kyrgyzstan 1 as well in Uzbekistan of this type of enclosed territory
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Enclave
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F
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Persian name for the "Persian language"
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Farsi
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G
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Main culture and official language of the Kingdom of Bactria, that once controlled vast areas of Central Asia
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Greek
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H
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Mountain range that covers the entire central Afghanistan
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Hindu Kush
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I
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Former full name of Afghanistan: _______ Republic of Afghanistan
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Islamic
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J
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Major "abad" both in Afghanistan and Kyrgyzstan
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Jalalabad
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K
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Last name of the Afghan president between 2002–2014
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Karzai
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L
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The "snowy" type of this big cat is the national animal of Afghanistan
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Leopard
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M
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Currency of Turkmenistan
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Manat
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N
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The "new year" that all the Central Asian countries celebrate in March
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Nowruz
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O
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Kyrgyzstan's second largest city whose name is only three letters long
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Osh
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P
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More than half of Afghanistan's population belong to this ethnic group
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Pashtuns
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Q
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Sinicized empire in Central Asia between 1124–1218
(hint: the answer rhymes with the first name of a famous Palin and a Delevingne)
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Qara Khitai
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R
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What are Syr Darya, Amu Darya and Helmand?
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Rivers
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S
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Persian term that referred to the King of Afghanistan (and Iran as well)
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Shah
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T
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This "lame" ruler conquered most of Central Asia, killing 5% of the world's population
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Timur
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U
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Kazakhstan is the world's leading producer of this type of radioactive metal
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Uranium
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V
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Name of the spaceflight that launched Yuri Gagarin into space in 1961 from Kazakhstan
(hint: Russian for east, you can find it in an "easterly" Russian city's name)
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Vostok 1
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W
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The region of Arslanbob in Kyrgyzstan contains the largest forest of this type of nut-bearing tree
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Walnut
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X
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Chinese region that borders Central Asian countries
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Xinjiang
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Y
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Turkic term for a portable dwelling, it appears on the Kyrgyz flag
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Yurt
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Z
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Iranian religion that once was widely practiced among the people in the region
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Zoroastrianism
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