Question 1
Which two modern-day countries had direct control over most of Central Asia until 1991?
◦ China and Russia
◦ Britain and Russia
◦ Britain and China
◦ India and China
◦ India and Russia
Question 2
Why have Central Asian countries had difficulty in exporting petroleum and natural gas?
◦ The region is landlocked and countries must pay pipeline transit fees to neighboring countries.
◦ High-elevation mountains rimming the region makes it expensive to extract oil and gas.
◦ There are no roads capable of handling heavy oil tanker trucks out of the region's mountains.
◦ Western countries do not purchase Central Asian oil, since Middle East oil is cheaper.
◦ Western countries have imposed economic sanctions on the region's autocratic governments.
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