Geo. 14 & 15 vocab.
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| Cherenozem | Rich black topsoil found in the northern European plain, especially in Russia and Ukrain
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| Kums | Sandy deserts in the Turan Lowland, as in Kara Kum
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| Permafrost | permanently frozen layer of soil beneath the surface of the ground.
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| Tundra | vast treeless plains in cold northern climates, by permafrost and small, low plants such as mosses
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| taiga | Russian term for the cast subarctic forest, mainly evergreens , that begins where the tundra end; also used for subarctic climate regions in general
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| Steppe | wide grassy plains of Eurasia, stretching from the black sea to the altai mountains
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| Ethnic groups | group of people who share a common ancestry, language, customs, religion,
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| Nationalities | large, distinct ethnic groups within a country, used especiallu in Russia and Eurasian Republics
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| Czar | Emperor or Supreme Ruler
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| serf | laborer owned by a noble an obliged to remain on the land where he or she worked
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| Socialism | political philosophy that originally called for ownership of all land and factories by peasants and workers
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| Russification | government program that required everyone in the empire to speak Russian and to become a Christian
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| communism | social and political movement developed by Marx and Lenin that favored revolution to est. a classless society in which workers would control industrial production
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| Perestroika | Restructing part of gorbachevs plan for reforming soviet government
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| glasnost | Russian term for new openess
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| athiest | person who does not believe in God
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| icon | religious image, usually including a picture of Jesus mary or a saint used mainly by orthodox Christians
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| patriarch | an important christian bishop or leader, today the head of an independent eastern orthodox church of the armenian apostolic church
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| pogram | attack on jews carried out by government troops or officials
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| socialist relaism | in the soviet union, realistic style of art and literature that gloristic soviet deals ideals and goals
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