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Chapter 18-20 Vocab.
Term | Definition |
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Dommestication | the process of training and breeding animals for use by humans |
Communism | a system of government in which the government controls the means of production, determining what goods will be made, and how much they will cost |
Eurasia | the name some geographers suggest should be used for the landmass of Europe and Asia |
Inland Sea | a sea that is almost completely surrounded by land |
Tundra | a dry,treeless plain where temperatures are always cool or cold and only specialized plants can grow |
Taiga | thinly scattered, coniferous forests found in Europe and Asia |
Steppe | a temperate grassland found in Europe and Asia |
Multiethnic | composed of many ethnic groups |
Ethnic Group | people who share such things as culture, language, and religion |
Acid Rain | rain who's 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 |
Infant Mortality | number of children per 1,000 live births who die within the first year |
Maternal Mortality | number of women who died due to pregnancy and childbirth complications per 100,000 live births |
Life Expectancy | the number of years an individual is expected to live as determined by statistics |
National Identity | a peoples sense of what make them a nation |
Ghetto | a section of a city in which a particular minority group is forced to live |
Holocaust | the execution of 6 million Jews in Nazi concentration camps during World War 2 |
Velvet Revolution | a revolution without bloodshed, which took place in Czechoslovakia during the late 1980's |
Privatization | the process of selling government-owned industries and businesses to private owners |
Collective Farm | a government owned farm managed by workers who share the profits from their produce |
Balkanize | to break up into small, mutually hostile political units, has occurred in the Balkans after World War 1 |
Entrepreneur | a go-getter individual who starts and builds a business |
Multiplier Effect | the effect an investment has in multiplying related jobs throughout the economy |
Annex | to formally incorporate into a country or state the territory of another |
Diversity | to increase the variety of |
Chernosem | a rich topsoil found in the Russian steppes and other mid-latitude grasslands. |
Permafrost | a layer of soil just below the earth's surface that stays permanently frozen |
Czar | an emperor of Russia |
Abdicate | to surrender ones office, throne, or authority |
Soviet | in the former Soviet Union, any one of various governing councils |
Command Economy | an economic system that is controlled by a single central government |
Glasnost | a policy of openness introduced in the Soviet Union in the late 1980's |
Perestroika | in the former Soviet Union, a policy of economic restructuring |
Ruble | the currency for Russia |
Black Market | the system of selling goods and services outside of official channels |