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russia vocab
26 terms
Term | Definition |
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landmass | A very large area of land |
steppe | A very large plain of dry grassland |
permafrost | Permanently frozen ground |
tundra | Flat treeless land Foundation in Arctic and subarctic regions |
taiga | The largest Forest area that stretches through Northern Russia Canada and other Northern countries |
nonrenewable fossil fuel | A source of energy such as oil Natural Gas or coal that is limited in Supply |
peat | The material from a very old decaying plants that burns like coal |
Hydroelectric power | A source of energy that uses flowing water to produce electricity |
Methane | A colorless odorless natural gas released from carbon |
Greenhouse gas | a gas that traps the suns heat over earth |
Semi-arid | somewhat dry with little rain fall |
Arid | very dry almost no rainfall |
Pesticide | a chemical that kills harmful insects and weeds |
state | A defined territory with its own government |
tribute | fees paid to another ruler or country for protection or as a token of submission |
czar | term used for an emperor in russia |
reign | The period of rule for kings queens emperor or empress |
secular | worldly not connected to a religion |
invader | an enemy who enters a country by force |
scorched earth policy | in 1812 practice in which russian troops as they retreated from napoleon's army burned crops and resources that could supply the enemy |
serf | from the 1500s the the 1800s poor russian of european peasent farmers who rented from a landlord and had few rights |
strike | work stoppage by employees who refuse to work |
communism | A system of government in which a single political party controls the government and the economy |
socialism | A system of government in which the government controls economic resources |
collective farm | in the soviet union a large farm where workers grew food to be distributed to the entire population. |
propaganda | information made to influence peoples opinions or advance an organization or party's ideas |