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europe&russia
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Term | Definition |
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cold war | power struggle btwn the soviet union and the united state after world war2. |
czar | rule of russia until the 1917 revoultion. |
steepe | wide grassy plains of eurasia also similar semiarid climates regions elsewhere. |
taiga | russia term for the vast subartic foresst mostly evergreen that covers much of russia and siberia. |
tundra | tressless plains in cold northern climates charactacterized by permafrost and small low plants such as mossess and shurbs. |
permafrost | permanently frozen layer of soil beneeath the surfce of the ground. |
hydroelectric | electricalenergy generated by fallimg water |
atheism | the belieft that there is no god. |
patriarch | the head of the eastern orthodox church. |
sovereighty | self rule. |