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7-5 Petersen: Unit 5 Ch.14-15 (Russia and the Eurasian Republics)

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partly dry grassland often found on the edges of a desert   steppe see website: http://www.blossomingdesign.com/port/biomes/grasslandMain.html  
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vast(huge)treeless plain in high latitude (66.5 to 90 N or S Lat.- arctic/polar regions)climates in which the top few inches of ground thaw in the summer   tundra  
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permanently frozen lower layers of soil in the tundra in subartic(next to the artic) regions   permafrost  
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name for emperor(king)in ancient Russian times   czars  
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farm laborer(worker) who can be bought and sold along with the land   serfs  
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country that has changed its economy to manufacturing/business & less agriculture-farming & ranching   industrialize  
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country whose type of government has strong control over the economy and society-the government controls people   communist state  
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period(era/time)after WWII between the 1948s & late 1980s when the United States and Soviet Union(Soviets/USSR)competed for world influence(power)w/o actually fighting-they used treats of nuclear war   Cold War  
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Soviet (USSR) policy that loosened government controls and limited its government to move to free enterprise- 'restored power to the people'   perestroika  
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economic system (matches with a deomocrate/republic type of government)in which people start and run businesses with limited(little) government intervention (people own business, not the government)   free enterprise system  
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the freedom to express opinion about the government in Russia after 1991 fall of USSR   glasnost  
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the people (not the government) decide what goods and services to produce, how to produce them, and who will buy them   free market economy  
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the production of goods such as machinery, mining equipments, and steel   heavy industry  
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the production of consumer goods such as clothing, shoe, furniture, and household objects   light industry  
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energy from 'controlled' atomic reactions   nuclear energy  
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number of years than an average person is expected to live   life expectancy  
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a type government which is ruled with consent of citizens (people control the government,the gov. doesn't control the people--freedom to elect and not re-elect representatives)   democracy  
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power is shared between national and state goverments(Oklahoma State gov.& U.S. gov.)   federal republic  
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the group that controls the wealth and power(has the $$ or can get the $$),though NOT ALWAYS the largest group in numbers   majority groups  
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group of people who are different in some characteristics compared to the majority group   minority groups  
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products grown FOR SALE TO MAKE A PROFIT as exports   cash crops  
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cracks in the earth's crust   faults  
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huge forests of evergreen trees that grow in subartic regions(NEXT to the arctic-high latitudes 66.5 to 90 N or S)   taiga  
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people who move from place to place, commonly with herds of animals   nomads  
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fertile or green area in the desert watered by an underground spring   oasis  
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height above sea level (begins with e vs. an a; as in altitude)   elevation  
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reffering to a country with two main languages   bilingual  
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