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Ch. 18 - 20
Term | Definition |
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domestication | the process of training and breeding animals for use by humans |
communism | a system of government in which the government controls the means of production determining what foods will be made, how much workers will be paid and how much items will cost |
eurasia | the name some geographers suggest should be used for the landmass of Europe and Asia |
inland sea | a sea that is almost completely surrounded by land |
tundra | a dry, treeless plain where temperatures are always cool or cold and only specialized plants can grow |
taiga | thinly scattered,coniferous forests found in Europe and Asia |
steppe | a temperate grassland found in Europe and Asia |
multiethnic | composed of many ethnic groups |
ethnic group | people who share much such things as culture, language, and religion |
acid rain | rain whose high concentration of chemicals, usually from industrial pollution, pollutes water, kills plant and animal life, and eats away the surface of stone and rocks |
infant mortality | The number of children per 1,000 live births who die within the first year |
maternal mortality | the number of women who died due to pregnancy and childbirth complications per 100,000 live births |
life expectancy | The number of years an individual is expected to live as determined by statistics |
national identity | a people's sense of what makes them a nation |
ghetto | a section of a city in which a particular minority group is forced to live |
holocaust | the execution of 6 million jews in nazi concentration camps during world war II |
velvet revolution | a revolution without bloodshed, which took place in Czechoslovakia during the late 1980's |
privatization | the process of selling government-owned industries and businesses to private owners |
collective farm | a government-owned farm managed by workers who share the profits from their produce |
balkanize | to break up into small, mutually hostile political units as occurred in the balkans after warld war I |
entrepreneur | a go-getter individual who starts and builds a business |
multiplier effect | the effect an investment has in multiplying related jobs throughout the economy |
annex | to formally incorporate into a country or state the territory of another |
diversify | to increase the variety |
chernozem | a rich topsoil found in the Russian steppes and other mid-latitude grassland |
permafrost | a layer of soil just below the earth's surface that stays permanently frozen |
czar | an emperor of Russia |
abdicate | to surrender ones office, throne, or authority |
soviet | in the former soviet union, any one of various governing councils |
command economy | an economic system that is controlled by a single central government |
glasnost | a policy of openness introduced in the soviet union in the late 1980's |
perestroika | in the former soviet union, a policy of economic restructuring |
ruble | the currency of Russia |
black market | they system of selling goods and services |