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Northern Eurasia
Vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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Eurasia | The landmass of Europe and Asia combined |
Taiga | A forest of mainly evergreen trees that covers half of Russia |
Czar | Title of the Emporer of Russia before the Russian Revolution |
Bolsheviks | A communist group that overthrew the government during the Russian Revolution in 1817 |
Autarky | A system in which a country tries to produce all the goods that it needs |
Gulag | Network of prison labor camps in the Soviet Union |
Nomads | People who move often from place to place |
Yurts | Movable round houses (tents) of wool felt mats in Central Asia |