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world geo
Term | Definition |
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Europen Union | an oranization whose goal is to unite Europe so that good,service and workers can move freely among memeber countries |
Heavy Insustry | the manufacting of machinery & equipment needed for factories & mines |
mixed farming | raising several kinds of crops and livestock on the same farm |
state farm | under communism, a state owned farm manage by govern officals |
greenhouse effect | the capacity of certain gases in the atmosphere to trap heat, warming the air |
global warming | gradual warming of the earth & its atmosphere that may be caused in part by pollution & an increase in the greenhouse effect |
hydroelectric power | elecrical energy generated by falling water |
taiga | russian term for the vast subartic forest, most evergreens, that covers much of Russia & Siberia |
ethnic group | group of people who share common ancestry, language, religion, customs, or combinations of such charateristics |
sovereignty | self rule |
atheism | belief of no god |
czar | ruler of russia until the 1917 revolution |
serf | laborer oliged to remain on the land where she or he works |
patriarch | the head of eastern orthodox church |