1. Transcaucasia
CHAPTER 16,
SECTION 2

2. CULTURAL CROSSROADS
MIGRANTS WHO TRAVELED FROM EUROPE TO ASIA FOLLOWED THE TRADE ROUTES THROUGH THIS REGION

3. TODAY, MORE THAN 50 DIFFERENT CULTURES LIVE HERE.
THIS REGION IS KNOWN AS THE “MOUNTAIN OF LANGUAGE.”
LOOK AT PAGE 370
WHAT IS THE MOST COMMON LANGUAGE SPOKEN HERE?

4. RELIGIOUS DIVERSITY WITH MIGRATION, CAME RELIGIOUS IDEAS
WHAT RELIGIONS ARE PRACTICED HERE?
ORTHODOX CHRISTIANITY
ISLAM

5. SOVIET RULE
AFTER WORLD WAR II, THE U.S.S.R. TOOK CONTROL OF THIS REGION
AFTER THE COLLAPSE OF THE SOVIET UNION IN 1991, THE REGIONAL CONFLICTS WORSENED, ESPECIALLY THOSE IN DISPUTED AREAS OF NAGORNO-KARABAKH AND IN THE RUSSIAN-
GEORGIAN BORDER AREA
KNOWN AS CHECHNYA
CHECHNYA

6. HISTORY THE CZARS’S ARMIES CONQUERED THE REGION FROM 1500- 1870.
AFTER THE 1917 RUSSIAN REVOLUTION, THE COUNTRIES ENJOYED SOME INDEPENDENCE
BY THE 1920’S, THE RED ARMY OF THE SOVIETS TOOK CONTROL
PAINFUL TIMES FOLLOWED
FAMINES CAUSED BY INEFFICIENT COLLECTIVE FARMING
PERSECUTION FOR RELIGIOUS AND CULTURAL BELIEFS

7. ECONOMICS CLIMATE IS MILD AND GOOD FOR FARMING IN GEORGIA
TOURISM IS PROFITABLE

8. LAND OF FLAMES AZERBAIJAN IS KNOWN AS THE LAND OF FLAMES.
MOST OF THE OIL IS
UNDER
THE WATERS OF THE
CASPIAN SEA.

9. HOW WILL THE CASPIAN BE DIVIDED IF IT IS CONSIDERED A SEA?
CONSIDERED A LAKE?

10. WHY DOES IT MATTER WHAT THE CASPIAN IS CALLED?
WHICH COUNTRIES HAVE MORE TO GAIN IF IT IS A LAKE?
WHICH COUNTRIES HAVE MORE TO GAIN IF IT IS A SEA?

11. MODERN LIFE IN TRANSCAUCASIA
LITERACY RATES ARE HIGH, DUE TO THE COMMUNIST IDEAL OF TRAINED WORKERS
HIGH EDUCATIONAL SYSTEMS ARE IMPORTANT TO THESE COUNTRIES
HOSPITALITY IS AN IMPORTANT CUSTOM
THE SUPRA, AN ELABORATE DINNER PARTY, INVOLVES LARGE QUANTITIES OF FOOD AND MANY TOASTS
THIS SUPRA IS JUST
FINISHING THE SECOND
COURSE AFTER 2 HOURS !