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vocabulary

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domestication   the process of training and breeding animals for use by humans  
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communism   a system of government in which the government controls the means production determining what goods will be made how much workers will be paid and how much items will cost  
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Eurasia   the name some geographers suggest should be used for the landmass of Europe and Asia  
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Inland sea   a sea that is almost completely surrounded by land  
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tundra   a dry treeless plain where temperature are always cool or cold and only specialized plants can grow  
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taiga   thinly scattered coniferous forests found in Europe and Asia  
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steppe   a temperate grassland found in Europe and Asia  
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multieethnic   composed of many ethnic groups  
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ethnic group   people who share such things as culture language and religion  
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acid rain   rain whose high concentration of chemicals usually from industrial pollution, pollutes water, kills plant and animal life and eats away at the surface of stone and rock a form of chemical weathering  
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infant mortality   the number of children per 1000 live births who die within the first year  
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maternal morality   the number of women who died due to pregnancy and child birth complications per 100,000 live births  
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life expectancy   the number of years an individual is expected to live as determined by statistics  
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national identity   a people's sense of what make them a nation  
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ghetto   a section of the city in which a particular minority group is forced to live  
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holocaust   the execution of 6 million Jews in Nazi concentration camps during world war two  
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velvet revalution    
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collective farm    
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privatization   the process of selling government-owned industries and businesses to private owners  
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balkanize    
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entrepreneur    
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multiplier effect   the effect an investment has in multiplying related jobs throughout the economy  
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anex    
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diversity    
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