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Russia
7th grade SS
Question | Answer |
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pesticide | A chemical that kills harmful insects and weeds |
Landmass | A very large area of land |
greenhouse gas | a gas that traps the sun's heat over earth |
permafrost | permanently frozen ground |
hydroelectric | a source of energy that uses flowing water to produce |
arid | very dry almost no rain |
taiga | the largest forest area the stretches through northern Russia Canada and other northern countries |
peat | the material from every old decayed plants that burn |
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 enemy who enters a country by force |
propaganda | information made to influence peoples opinions or advance an organization or party's ideas |
state | a defined territory with its own government |
czar | term used for an emperor in Russia |
communism | a system of government in which a single political party controls the government and the economy |
scorched earth policy | in 1812 practice in which Russian troops as they retreated from napoleons army burned crops and resources that could supply the enemy |
reign | the period of rule for king queen emperor or empress |
secular | worldly not connected to a religion |
serf | from the 1500s to the 1800s a poor Russian or European peasant farmer who rented land from a landlord and had few rights |
collective farm | in the solvent union a large farm where workers grew food to be distributed to the entire population |
strike | work stoppage by employees who refused to work |