Compare the tensions in former Soviet Republics of Central Asia since the end of the Soviet Union.
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Massive ethnic riots shut down Kyrgyzstan in 2010 and forced the president to flee. These riots were targeted against ethnic Uzbeks. In Tajikistan war broke out immediately after independence. Many members of the smaller ethnic groups of the mountainous east resented the authority of the Tajiks and rebelled. Islamist groups joined these ethnic minorities as they sought to overthrow the secular state. This conflict ended into 1997. Azerbaijan also experienced conflict, as it was invaded by Armenia immediately after independence and a portion of the country is separated from the rest of the country by Armenia and Iran.
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Formation of basin and range mountains is a result of ____
A)thrust faulting B)folding and faulting C)normal faulting D)volcanism E)batholithic intrusions
List and describe the three types of plate boundaries. Give one geographic example of each
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Describe the formation of each labeled feature in Figure 10.21
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