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Europe and Russia Vo
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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| European Union (EU) | Unites much of western europe into one trading community, enjoys a greater volume of trade than any single country in the world. |
| Heavy Industry | the manufacture of machinery and indusrtial equipment |
| Mixed farming | raising several kinds of crops and livestock on the same farm |
| State Farm | not sharing in the profits but getting wages like factory workers |
| Greenhouse effect | Carbon dioxide and other gases trap heat near the earths surface. |
| Global Warming | A warmer global climate they claim, will melt polar ice caps and mountain glaciers and cause oceans to submerge coastal areas |
| Permafrost | Permanently frozen layer of soil benethe the surface of the which underlies much of Russia |
| Tundra | A vast treeless plain dominates the Russian landscape |
| Taiga | A forrest belt that covers two-fifths of the european Russia and extends into much of Siberia |
| Steppe | Dry summers, and long dry winters |
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