How does the distribution of fossil fuel influence economic and social development in Central Asia?
What will be an ideal response?
Both oil and natural gas deposits, as well as the corresponding infrastructure (i.e., pipelines) have attracted considerable foreign investment. This has led to the substantial growth of (selected) urban areas with corresponding gains in some other forms of infrastructure. In turn, these monies have been used, to a certain degree, to improve health and education practices.
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A) periods of high sunspot activity. B) periods of no solar irradiance. C) Keeling curves. D) periods of low sunspot activity.
When water vapor condenses to form clouds, ________
A) the air gets warmer B) the air gets colder C) the air temperature stays the same D) the air temperature can change in either direction depending on other conditions
During the Pleistocene pluvial lakes formed in the ________ United States as a result of ________
A) southwestern; melting glaciers B) northeastern; melting glaciers C) eastern; ice deposits in till plains D) western; extended periods of wet conditions
If empowering citizen with knowledge is a good thing, then _____ was a good policy in the late Soviet Union.
A. Leninism B. perestroika C. glasnost D. oblast