Wild horses return to Kazakhstan
June 17, 2024
Q: The world’s last truly wild horses have returned to Kazakhstan after an absence of about 200 years. Where is Kazakhstan, a large central Asian country on Russia’s southern border?
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Q: Przewalski’s horses which once roamed over Eurasia became extinct in the wild but kept alive in zoos. The seven horses sent to Kazakhstan came from zoos in Berlin and Prague, the capital of ...
A. Austria
B. Czechia
C. Hungary
D. Slovakia
Q: The vast grasslands where the horses originated are called ...
A. Eurasian Steppe
B. Kazakh Savanna
C. Mongolian Plain
D. Russian Shrubland
Q: Modern domestic horses are related to the wild Przewalski’s horses, but neither is an ancestor of the other. The earliest evidence for the domestication of horses has been found in Kazakhstan and what other country in the Eurasian Steppe?
A. Manchuria
B. Mongolia
C. Russia
D. Ukraine
Q: Przewalski’s horses were never domesticated, so they are considered the last true wild horses. Other “wild” herds like America’s Mustangs descend from domesticated horses that became feral, or free roaming. Which country has the largest population of feral horses?
A. Australia
B. Brazil
C. Canada
D. United States
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