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Chapter 18-20 vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Communism | system of which the government controlled almost all aspects of political and economic life. |
| Domestication | adaptation to humans in a calm matter |
| Eurasia | 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 forest |
| steppe | expansive grasslands |
| multiethnic | containing many ethnic groups |
| ethnic group | composed of people who share such things as culture, language, and religion |
| Acid rain | polluted rain in which toxic chemicals in the air come back to the earth as rain |
| Infant mortality | number of children born per 1,000 live births who die within the first year. |
| Maternal mortality | number of woman who die due to pregnancy and child birth complicationn |
| Expectancy | the number of years an individual is expected to live as determined |
| national identity | sense of what characteristics make them a nation |
| ghetto | section of city where minority is forced to live. |
| Holocaust | destruction of human life |
| velvet revolution | revolution without bloodshed |
| privatization | selling government owned industries and businesses to private owners |
| collective farms | paid by the government and share the profits |
| Balkanize | break into small, mutually hostile political units |
| entrepreneur | go-getter individuals who start and build businesses |
| multiplier effect | the effect an investment has in multiplying related jobs throughout an economy |
| Annex | formally added |
| diversity | increase the variety |
| Czar | monarchs |
| abdicate | give up crown |
| soviet | governing council |
| command economy | central authority controls what goods will be produced |
| glasnost | allows citizens and news media to say what they wished without fear of government prosecution |
| perestroika | economic restructuring |
| ruble | price |
| black market | goods and services move unofficially without formal record keeping |
| Tundra | treeless zone |
| taiga | land where trees that do not grow to great size |
| steppes | great grassland |
| Chernozen | black earth |
| permafrost | layer of permanently frozen soil |
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