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Definition
domestication   present-day southern Russia and Ukraine first trained and bred horses for use by humans  
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communism   a system in which the government controlled almost all aspects of political and economic life  
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Eurasia   others suggest that Europe and Asia should be viewed as a large single continent  
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physical characteristics    
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environmental change    
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climates   the term used for the weather patterns that an area typically experiences over a long period of time  
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economic activities    
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tundra   treeless plain in arctic areas where sort grasses and mosses grow  
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taiga   south of the tundra are coniferous forests  
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steppe   a temperate grassland found in Europe and Asia  
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multiethnic   containing many ethnic groups  
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ethic group   is composed of people who share such things as culture language and religion  
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national identity    
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ghetto    
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holocaust    
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velvet revolution   a revolution without bloodshed, which took place in Czechoslovakia during the late 1980  
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privatization   the process of selling government-owned industries and businesses to private owners  
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collective farm   a government-owned farm managed by workers who share the profits from their produce  
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balkanize   to break up into small mutually hostile political units as occurred in the Balkans after world war 1  
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entrepreneur   a go-getter individual who starts and builds a business  
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multiplier   the effect an investment has in multiplying related jobs throughout the economy  
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annex   to formally incorporate into a country or state the territory of another  
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diversify   to increase the variety of  
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chernozem   a rich topsoil found in the Russian steppes and other mid-latitude grasslands  
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permafrost   a layer of soil just below the earth's surface that stays permanently frozen  
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czar   an emperor of Russia  
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abdicate   to surrender one's office, throne or authority  
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soviet   in the former Soviet Union, any one of various governing councils  
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command economy   an economic system that is controlled by a single central government  
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glasnost   a policy of openness introduced in the Soviet Union in the late 1980s  
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perestroika   in the former Soviet Union, a policy of economic restructuring  
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ruble   the currency of Russia  
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black market   the system of selling goods and services outside of official channels  
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