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europe&russia
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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| cold war | power struggle btwn the soviet union and the united state after world war2. |
| czar | rule of russia until the 1917 revoultion. |
| steepe | wide grassy plains of eurasia also similar semiarid climates regions elsewhere. |
| taiga | russia term for the vast subartic foresst mostly evergreen that covers much of russia and siberia. |
| tundra | tressless plains in cold northern climates charactacterized by permafrost and small low plants such as mossess and shurbs. |
| permafrost | permanently frozen layer of soil beneeath the surfce of the ground. |
| hydroelectric | electricalenergy generated by fallimg water |
| atheism | the belieft that there is no god. |
| patriarch | the head of the eastern orthodox church. |
| sovereighty | self rule. |