Chapter 18-20 vocab
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| Communism | system of which the government controlled almost all aspects of political and economic life.
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| Domestication | adaptation to humans in a calm matter
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| Eurasia | large single continent
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| Inland sea | sea that is almost completely surrounded by land
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| Tundra | treeless plain in arctic areas where short grasses and mosses grow
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| Taiga | coniferous forest
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| steppe | expansive grasslands
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| multiethnic | containing many ethnic groups
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| ethnic group | composed of people who share such things as culture, language, and religion
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| Acid rain | polluted rain in which toxic chemicals in the air come back to the earth as rain
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| Infant mortality | number of children born per 1,000 live births who die within the first year.
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| Maternal mortality | number of woman who die due to pregnancy and child birth complicationn
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| Expectancy | the number of years an individual is expected to live as determined
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| national identity | sense of what characteristics make them a nation
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| ghetto | section of city where minority is forced to live.
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| Holocaust | destruction of human life
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| velvet revolution | revolution without bloodshed
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| privatization | selling government owned industries and businesses to private owners
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| collective farms | paid by the government and share the profits
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| Balkanize | break into small, mutually hostile political units
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| entrepreneur | go-getter individuals who start and build businesses
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| multiplier effect | the effect an investment has in multiplying related jobs throughout an economy
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| Annex | formally added
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| diversity | increase the variety
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| Czar | monarchs
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| abdicate | give up crown
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| soviet | governing council
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| command economy | central authority controls what goods will be produced
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| glasnost | allows citizens and news media to say what they wished without fear of government prosecution
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| perestroika | economic restructuring
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| ruble | price
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| black market | goods and services move unofficially without formal record keeping
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| Tundra | treeless zone
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| taiga | land where trees that do not grow to great size
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| steppes | great grassland
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| Chernozen | black earth
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| permafrost | layer of permanently frozen soil
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