Kazakhstan (, ; , "Qazaqstan", ; , "Kazakhstan"), officially the Republic of Kazakhstan (, "Qazaqstan Respwblikas"; , "Respublika Kazakhstan"), is the world's largest landlocked country, and the ninth largest in the world, with an area of . Kazakhstan is the dominant nation of Central Asia economically, generating 60% of the region's GDP, primarily through its oil/gas industry. It also has vast mineral resources.

Kazakhstan is officially a democratic, secular, unitary, constitutional republic with a diverse cultural heritage. Kazakhstan shares borders with Russia, China, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, and Turkmenistan, and also adjoins a large part of the Caspian Sea. The terrain of Kazakhstan includes flatlands, steppe, taiga, rock canyons, hills, deltas, snow-capped mountains, and deserts. Kazakhstan has an estimated 18 million people . Given its large land area, its population density is among the lowest, at less than 6 people per square kilometre (15 people per sq. mi.). The capital is Astana, where it was moved in 1997 from Almaty, the country's largest city.

The territory of Kazakhstan has historically been inhabited by Turkic nomads who trace their ancestry to many Turkic states such as Turkic Khaganate and etc. In the 13th century, the territory joined the Mongolian Empire under Genghis Khan. By the 16th century, the Kazakh emerged as a distinct group, divided into three "juz" (ancestor branches occupying specific territories). The Russians began advancing into the Kazakh steppe in the 18th century, and by the mid-19th century, they nominally ruled all of Kazakhstan as part of the Russian Empire. Following the 1917 Russian Revolution, and subsequent civil war, the territory of Kazakhstan was reorganised several times. In 1936, it was made the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic, part of the Soviet Union.

1. Does Kazakhstan border an ocean?
2. Is it the biggest country in the world?
3. How many are bigger?
4. How many landlocked countries are bigger?
5. Does the country border any water at all?
6. What body of water?
7. What kind of nomads used to live in Kazakhstan?
8. What states did they descend from?
9. Who ruled the Mongolian Empire?
10. Did Kazakhstan join it?
11. When?
12. True or False: The area was once part of the USSR.
13. When did this begin?
14. What was it called then?
15. Is the terrain of the country varied?
16. What is one type of terrain included?
17. And another?
18. Is rainforest included?
19. What about desert?
20. How many people live in the country?

Provide a numbered list of answers.
1. no
2. no
3. eight
4. none
5. yes
6. Caspian Sea.
7. Turkic
8. Turkic
9. Genghis Khan
10. yes
11. 13th century,
12. True
13. 1936
14. Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic
15. yes
16. flatlands
17. steppe
18. no
19. yes
20. estimated 18 million