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Russia key terms
7th grade SS
Term | Definition |
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Pesticide | a chemical that kills harmful insects and weeds |
landmass | a very large area of land |
green house | a gas that traps the suns heat over earth |
permafrost | permanently frozen ground |
hydrelectric | a source of energy that uses flowing water to produce electricity |
arid | very dry,having almost no rainfall |
taiga | the largest forest area that streches through northern russia, canada,and other northern countries |
peat | the material from very old decayed plants that burns like coal |
steppe | a very large plain of dry grassland |
methane | a colorless,odorless natural gas released from carbon |
tundra | flat treeless land found in arctic and subarctic regions |
nonrenewable fossil fuels | a source of energy such as oil, natural gas, or coal that is in limited supply |
semiarid | somewhat dry, with very little rainfall |
socialism | a system of government in which the government controls economic resources |
tribute | fees paid to another ruler or country for protection or as a token of submission |
invader | an ememy who enters a country by force |
scorched | in 1812 practice in which russia troops as they retreated from napoleons army burned crops and resouces that could supply the enemy |
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 econmony |
sociallism | a system of government in which the governemt controls economic resources |
collective farm | in the soviet uniona large farm where workers grew food to be distributed to the entire population |
propaganda | information made to influence peoples opinoins or advance an organization or partys ideas |