Central+Asia

__** Central Asia Assignments Activity 1: History**__

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1. Nomad- people who travel from place to place without a permanent home. 2. BC- stands for Before Christ and means the number of years before the time of Jesus Christ. 3. AD- stands for Anno Domini and means the number of years since the time of Jesus Christ. 4. Persians- people who invaded West Asia moving south from Central Asia who were nomads. 5. Herodotus- Greek Historian, the first writer that we know of. 6. Scythians- a large group of loosely connected people from Russia. 7. Ostrogoths- lived in Poland, like the Visigoths and were Indo-European. 8. Slavs- spoke a branch of Indo-European, moved from Europe to West Asia. 9. Avars- lived in Mongolia under the Mongols. 10. Huns- came from Western China, they were known as Xiong-nu. 11. Han Dynasty- China, period of time when Kao Tsu ruled. 12. Plague- a disease contracted when bacteria infected fleas bit humans, black bubbles arose on body.

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50,000 BC- Nomads were traveling around Central Asia 3,000 BC- Nomads found out how to ride and tame horses which made them richer and more powerful 1,200 BC- Nomads left Central Asia and moved into Iran and West Asia 500 BC- Scythians learned how to heard sheep and cows north of the Black Sea using horses 300 AD- Scythians were taken over by other numerous groups 700 AD- Vikings developed new trade routes to the South 1,200 AD- Genghis Kahn was able to unite the Mongols, which united all of Central Asia and beyond 1,300 AD- (early) Mongol empire collapsed because of the plague and split into small kingdoms 1,300 AD- (late) Central Asia was united for a short time under the rule of Tamerlane 1,405 AD- Tamerlane died on his way to conquer China, and his empire collapsed after his death

__**Activity 2: Environment**__

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1. Prairies- tall grassy fields 2. Steppes- a treeless plain which made travel easier, almost like a road 3. Tundra- treeless plain which was frozen all year long



permafrost, northern steppe** ||  || ** South: warmer, not enough water for farming, steppes made travel easier. ** ||  || ** Ural Mountains: biggest mountain chain, rivers and pine trees ** ||  || ** Gobi Desert: (southeast) extremely hot in summer and below freezing in winter, steppes can have snow on them in the winter and be above 100 degrees in the summer ** ||
 * ** North: **
 * cold,tundra environment,