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Chapter 18-20
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Domestication | People living on the steppes of present-day southern Russia and Ukraine first trained and bred horses for use by humans |
| Communism | system in which the government controlled almost all aspects of political and economic life |
| Eurasioa | Europe and Asia should be viewed as a large single continent |
| Inland sea | sea that is almost completely surrounded by land |
| Tundra | treeless plain in arctic areas where short grasses and mosses grow |
| Taiga | Coniferous forests |
| Steppe | Expansive grasslands |
| Multiethnic | containing many ethnic groups |
| Ethnic group | composed of people who share such performs a traditional dance |
| Acid rain | form of pollution in which toxic chemicals in the air come back to the earth as rain |
| Infant mortality | the number of children per 1000 live births who die within the first year |
| Maternal mortality | number of women who die due to pregnancy and child birth complications |
| Life expectancy | number of years an individual is expected to live |
| National Identity | sense of what characteristics make them a nation |
| Ghetto | area of a city where a minority is forced to live |
| Holocaust | Destruction of human life |
| Velvet revolution | revolution without bloodshed |
| Privatization | many parts of the Czech economy began in the 1990s |
| Collective farms | workers were paid by the government and they shared the profits from their products |
| Balkanize | break up into small mutually hostile political units |
| Entrepreneures | go getter in individuals who start and build business |
| Multiplier effect | eleven new jobs have been added to Romanians economy for each job that the soft drink company created |
| Annex | formally added |
| Diversify | increase the variety of their industries |
| Chernozen | Black earth |
| Permafrost | layer of permanently frozen soil |
| Soil | is the thin layer of loose material |
| Organic matter | derived from living plants and animal and their remains |
| Humus | formed from decaying vegetation and animals |
| Regolith | weathered rock |
| Soil horizon | appear beneath a thin layer or humus |
| Soil creep | soil moves gradually and constantly downhill |
| Loam | a mixture of clay, silt, and sand |
| Czar | A series of monarchs |
| Abdicate | Gave up his crown |
| Soviet | governing council |
| Command economy | one in which a central authority decides whats good |
| Glasnost | openness |
| Perestroika | economic restructuring |
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