Central Asia Map Quiz
Questions: 16 · 10 minutes
1. You want to travel overland from China to Turkmenistan while crossing exactly one other Central Asian country. Which intermediate country makes that route possible through shared borders?
Kyrgyzstan
Tajikistan
Kazakhstan
Uzbekistan
2. Which country is bordered by Kazakhstan to the north, China to the east, Tajikistan to the south, and Uzbekistan to the west?
Kyrgyzstan
Uzbekistan
Tajikistan
Turkmenistan
3. Which city is the capital of Tajikistan?
Dushanbe
Ashgabat
Bishkek
Khujand
4. On a text-based map, which country occupies the broad northern tier of Central Asia and borders both Russia and China?
Kyrgyzstan
Uzbekistan
Kazakhstan
Turkmenistan
5. Which city is Kazakhstan's capital?
Bishkek
Almaty
Tashkent
Astana
6. Which Central Asian country is double-landlocked, meaning every country surrounding it is also landlocked?
Kazakhstan
Turkmenistan
Uzbekistan
Tajikistan
7. A traveler is in the country strongly associated with the Pamir Mountains and sharing borders with both China and Afghanistan. Where are they?
Tajikistan
Uzbekistan
Kyrgyzstan
Turkmenistan
8. A map label is needed for the inland body of water shared by Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. Which label is correct?
Lake Balkhash
Aral Sea
Caspian Sea
Issyk-Kul
9. Which city should be paired with Turkmenistan as its capital?
Mary
Türkmenabat
Dushanbe
Ashgabat
10. A central country on the map shares a border with each of the other four Central Asian countries. Which is it?
Kazakhstan
Kyrgyzstan
Uzbekistan
Tajikistan
11. Which pair contains the two Central Asian countries with Caspian Sea coastlines?
Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan
Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan
Turkmenistan and Tajikistan
Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan
12. Which southeastern Central Asian country lies between Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, China, and Afghanistan?
Kazakhstan
Tajikistan
Turkmenistan
Kyrgyzstan
13. Which valley extends across parts of Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan?
Chu Valley
Fergana Valley
Zarafshan Valley
Vakhsh Valley
14. A marker is placed on Kyrgyzstan's capital. Which city should its label show?
Osh
Bishkek
Almaty
Tashkent
15. Which country belongs in the southwestern part of Central Asia, with the Caspian Sea to its west and Iran and Afghanistan to its south?
Tajikistan
Uzbekistan
Kazakhstan
Turkmenistan
16. Which city should be marked as the capital of Uzbekistan?
Samarkand
Dushanbe
Bishkek
Tashkent