Exercise 1: Answer the following questions

Shohrux Mahmudov

INDEPENDENT UZBEKISTAN

Exercise 1: Answer the following questions.

1. 
   On what continent is Uzbekistan situated?
   

Uzbekistan is a country of Central Asia.

2. 
   What Republics does it border on?
   

Uzbekistan borders on Kazakhstan In the North- East, on Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan in the East and South- East, on Turkmenistan in the west and on Afghanistan in the South.

3. 
   What territory does it occupy?
   

Uzbekistan occupies an area of 447000 km².

4. 
   What kind of climate has Uzbekistan?
   

Climate in Uzbekistan is extreme continental. It is expressed in sharp amplitudes of day and night, as well as, summer and winter temperatures. The sunny country has an arid nature and low relative humidity. Uzbekistan climate is dictated by its double landlocked geographical location. Length of the day in summer is about 15 hours in the winter.

5. 
   How many sunny days are there in a year?
   

Uzbekistan is a sunny land, filled with warmth and light. It is typical for this region the high solstice throughout the year, as well as an abundance of warm and sunny days. Indeed, the number of sunny days in a year is more than 320.

6. 
   What is the population on of Uzbekistan?
   

Uzbekistan’s population is currently growing at a steady pace. The current population is about 34 million people.

7. 
   How many regions are there in Uzbekistan?
   

Uzbekistan is divided into 12 regions. One autonomous republic- Karakalpakistan and a independent city- Tashkent. Names are given below in the Uzbek language, although numerous variations of the transliterations of each name exist. The regions in turn are divided into 160 districts.

8. 
   Why do we call Uzbekistan the country of “white gold“?
   

Gold is what generates major wealth for Uzbekistan so does Cotton so it is called “white gold”.

9. 
   Why do we call our republic “Sunny Uzbekistan”?
   

Because Uzbekistan has a lot of sunny days more than 320.

10. 
    What branches does an important place in the economy of the republic belong?
    

Since independence, the economy of Uzbekistan continues to exist as a Soviet-style command economy with slow transformation to market economy. The progress of governmental economic policy reforms has been cautious, but cumulatively Uzbekistan has shown respectable achievements.

11. 
    What is the capital of Uzbekistan?
    

The capital of an independent Uzbekistan, Tashkent retains a multiethnic population, with ethnic Uzbeks as the majority.