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ch 15 Russia
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| upland | the high land of a cost away from the country |
| lichen | a plant-like organism that consists of algae and fungus |
| tundra | a flat, treeless plain that is permanently frozen ground |
| taiga | a large coniferous forest |
| permfrost | the permanently frozen, lower layers of soil found in a tundra and subarctic climate zones |
| define | to describe the nature or extent or something |
| czar | the title given to an empor of Russia's past |
| serf | a farm laborer that can be bought and sold with the land |
| genocide | a mass murder of people from an particular ethnic group |
| collectivization | a system in which small farms where combined huge, state-run enterprises with work done by mechanical techniques in the hopes of making farming more efficient and reducing the need for farmworkers |
| insignificant | unimportant |
| inflation | a sharp increases in the price of goods, sometimes caused by a shortage of goods |
| oligrach | a member of a small ruling group that holds great power |
| decline | to reduce in number |