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Terms Buchman Ch. 14
Buchmans
Term | Definition |
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Chernozem | rich black soil that supports grain production |
Taiga | huge area that contains coniferous forests |
Steppe | grassland area |
Permafrost | permanently frozen subsoil |
Tundra | area whose name means “barren land” |
North European Plain | area that is home to most of Russia’s people |
Caspian Sea | body of water that has no outlet to the ocean |
Caucasus Mountains | area in which Russia’s highest point is found |
Ob-Siberia River | river in siberia |
Russification | program that required everyone to speak Russian |
Intelligentsia | intellectural elite in the Soviet Union |
Cold War | struggle between the Soviet Union and the United States for world influence |
Communism | form of government in the Soviet Union |
Atheism | belief that there is no God or other supreme being |
Petroleum Extraction | Russia’s most important industry |
Kolkhoz | a small Soviet farm where the farmers shared in the farm’s profits |
Market Economy | system under which businesses are privately owned |
Soviet Industrialization | source of environment damage to Russia’s air, soil, and water |
Perestroika | Gorbachev proposal for “restructuring” Russia |