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Europe & Russia
Question | Answer |
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What is Tundra ? | vast,treeless plains in cold northern climates,characterized by permafrost and small, low plants such as mosses and shrubs. |
What is Hydroelectric Power ? | Electrical energy generated by falling water. |
What is permafrost ? | permanently frozen layer of soil beneath the surface of the ground. |
What is Taiga ? | Russian tern for the vast subarctic forest, mostly evergreens, that covers much of Russia and siberia. |
What is Steppe ? | wide,grassy plains of Eurasia; also, similar semiarid climaste regions elsewhere. |
What is Ethnic Group ? | group of people whp share common ances try,language,religion,customs, or combination of such characteristics. |
What is Sovereignty ? | self- rule |
What is czar ? | ruler of Russia until the 1917 revolutiion. |
What is serf ? | laborer obliged to remain on the land where he or she works. |
What is communism ? | society based on equality in which workers would control industrial production |
What is Cold War ? | power struggle between the soviet union and the united states after world was 2 |