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ch 18-20
Term | Definition |
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domestication | the processes of training and breeding animals for use by humans |
communism | a system of government in which the government controls the means of produces large quantities of goods |
Eurasia | the names some geographers suggest should be used for the landmass of Europe and Asia |
island 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 such things as culture language and religion |
acid rain | rain whose high concentration of chemicals usually from industrial pollution pollutes water kills plants and animal life and eats away at he surface of stone and rock a form of chemical weathering |
infant mortality | the number of children per 1000 live birth who die within the firs year |
maternal mortality | the number of women who died due to pregnancy and childbirth complications per 100,00 live births |
life expectancy | the numbers of years an individual is expected to live as determined by statistics |
national identity | a peoples 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 1980s |
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 in to small mutually hostile political units as occurred in the Balkans after world 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 of |
chernozem | a rich topsoil found in Russian steppes and other mid-latitude grasslands |
permafrost | a layer of soil just below the earths 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 1980s |
perestroika | in the former soviet union a policy of economic restructuring |
ruble | the currency of Russia |
black market | the system of selling goods and services outside of official channels |