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Stan-Countries Multiple Choice

Which is the correct Stan-country?
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1. Is the largest.
Pakistan ✓
Kazakhstan ✓
Afghanistan ✓
Kazakhstan has an area of 2.7 million km², which is nearly as much as all the others taken together.
2. Has the highest population.
Kazakhstan ✓
Pakistan ✓
Afghanistan ✓
Pakistan is fifth in the world rankings with a population of 212 million people.
3. Produces 90% of the world's opium.
Afghanistan ✓
Turkmenistan ✓
Pakistan ✓
4. Is a double landlocked country. (It is surrounded by landlocked countries.)
Kyrgyzstan ✓
Uzbekistan ✓
Tajikistan ✓
The only other double landlocked country is Liechtenstein.
5. Its capital is called Monday in their language.
Kyrgyzstan ✓
Uzbekistan ✓
Tajikistan ✓
Dushanbe means Monday in Tajik.
6. Has the most stars on its flag.
Uzbekistan ✓
Turkmenistan ✓
Pakistan ✓
Tajikistan ✓
Uzbekistan - 12, Tajikistan - 7, Turkmenistan - 5, Pakistan - 1 and the rest have none.
7. Its capital was named after its former president.
Afghanistan ✓
Kazakhstan ✓
Turkmenistan ✓
Kazakhstan's capital Astana was renamed Nur-Sultan to honour Nursultan Nazarbayev.
8. Its capital is Ashgabat.
Uzbekistan ✓
Turkmenistan ✓
Kyrgyzstan ✓
9. Became independent from the Soviet Union first.
Uzbekistan ✓
Tajikistan ✓
Turkmenistan ✓
Simultaneously ✓
Uzbekistan became independent a few months before the others in August 1991.
10. Was ruled by the Taliban from 1996 to 2001.
Afghanistan ✓
Turkmenistan ✓
Tajikistan ✓
11. Has the highest HDI.
Kazakhstan ✓
Uzbekistan ✓
Turkmenistan ✓
Kyrgyzstan ✓
Kazakhstan is on place 58, the others are all after 100.
12. Has the lowest GDP (PPP).
Tajikistan ✓
Kyrgyzstan ✓
Afghanistan ✓
Remember this is not per capita.
13. Borders the most other Stan countries.
Kyrgyzstan ✓
Uzbekistan ✓
Kazakhstan ✓
Uzbekistan borders every other Stan country, but Pakistan.
14. Is partly in Europe.
Turkmenistan ✓
None ✓
Uzbekistan ✓
Kazakhstan ✓
15. Is not landlocked.
They are all landlocked ✓
Kazakhstan ✓
Afghanistan ✓
Pakistan ✓
16. Cyrillic is the only official script.
Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan ✓
Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan ✓
Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan ✓
17. Claims Jammu and Kashmir.
Kazakhstan ✓
Pakistan ✓
Afghanistan ✓
None ✓
18. It's former leader made money laundering legal and was immune to criminal prosecution.
Afghanistan ✓
Kazakhstan ✓
Pakistan ✓
Nursultan Nazarbayev is the name of the person talked about. Find out more about him here.
19. It's flag is mainly red.
Uzbekistan ✓
Kyrgyzstan ✓
Kazakhstan ✓
Kyrgyzstan's flag is red with a sun and a yurt in the center.
20. Is the smallest.
Tajikistan ✓
Kyrgyzstan ✓
Tajikistan has an area of 143,100 km², Kyrgyzstan has 199,900 km², the others are much larger.
Iamnotreallyhere
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Level 69
Aug 16, 2021
Good quiz. Question 10 may be due an update soon though to reflect recent events :(
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