The process of training and breeding animals for use by humans.

A system of government in which the government controls the means of production, determining what goods will be made, how much workers will be paid, and how much items will cost.

The name some geographers suggest should be used for the landmass of Europe and Asia.

A sea that is almost completely surrounded by land.

A region where temperatures are always cool or cold and only specialized plants can grow.

Thinly scattered, coniferous forests found in Europe and Asia.

A temperate grassland found in Europe and Asia.

Composed of many ethnic groups.

People who share such things as culture, language, and religion.

Rain whose high concentration of chemicals, usually from industrial pollution, pollutes water, kills plant and animal life, and eats away at the surface of stone and rock: a form of chemical weathering.

The number of children per 1,000 live births who die within the first year.

The number of women who died due to pregnancy and childbirth complications per 100,000 live births.

The number of years an individual is expected to live as determined by statistics.

A people's sense of what makes them a nation.

A section of a city in which a particular minority group is forced to live.

The execution of 6 million Jews in Nazi concentration camps during World War II.

A revolution without bloodshed, which took place in Czechoslovakia during the late 1980s.

A government owned farm managed by workers who share the profits from their produce.

The process of selling government-owned industries and businesses to private owners.

To break up into small, mutually hostile political units, as occurred in the Balkans after World War I.

A go-getter individual who starts and builds a business.

The effect an investment has in multiplying related jobs throughout the economy.

To formally incorporate into a country or state the territory of another.

A rich topsoil found in the Russian steppes and other mid-latitude grasslands.

A layer of soil just below the earth's surface that stays permanently frozen.

To surrender one's office, throne, or authority.

In the former Soviet Union, any one of various governing councils.

An economic system that is controlled by a single central government.

A policy of openess introduced in the Soviet Union in the late 1980s.

In the former Soviet Union a policy of economic restructuring.

The system of selling goods and services outside of official channels.

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World Geography

Ch.18-20 Vocab.

Term	Definition
Domestication	The process of training and breeding animals for use by humans.
Communism	A system of government in which the government controls the means of production, determining what goods will be made, how much workers will be paid, and how much items will cost.
Eurasia	The name some geographers suggest should be used for the landmass of Europe and Asia.
Inland Sea	A sea that is almost completely surrounded by land.
Tundra	A region where temperatures are always cool or cold and only specialized plants can grow.
Taiga	Thinly scattered, coniferous forests found in Europe and Asia.
Steppe	A temperate grassland found in Europe and Asia.
Multiethnic	Composed of many ethnic groups.
Ethnic Group	People who share such things as culture, language, and religion.
Acid Rain	Rain whose high concentration of chemicals, usually from industrial pollution, pollutes water, kills plant and animal life, and eats away at the surface of stone and rock: a form of chemical weathering.
Infant Mortality	The number of children per 1,000 live births who die within the first year.
Maternal Mortality	The number of women who died due to pregnancy and childbirth complications per 100,000 live births.
Life Expectancy	The number of years an individual is expected to live as determined by statistics.
National Identity	A people's sense of what makes them a nation.
Ghetto	A section of a city in which a particular minority group is forced to live.
Holocaust	The execution of 6 million Jews in Nazi concentration camps during World War II.
Velvet Revolution	A revolution without bloodshed, which took place in Czechoslovakia during the late 1980s.
Collective Farm	A government owned farm managed by workers who share the profits from their produce.
Privatiztion	The process of selling government-owned industries and businesses to private owners.
Balkanize	To break up into small, mutually hostile political units, as occurred in the Balkans after World War I.
Entrepreneur	A go-getter individual who starts and builds a business.
Multiplier Effect	The effect an investment has in multiplying related jobs throughout the economy.
Annex	To formally incorporate into a country or state the territory of another.
Diversify	To increase the variety of .
Chernozem	A rich topsoil found in the Russian steppes and other mid-latitude grasslands.
Permafrost	A layer of soil just below the earth's surface that stays permanently frozen.
Czar	An emperor of Russia.
Abdicate	To surrender one's office, throne, or authority.
Soviet	In the former Soviet Union, any one of various governing councils.
Command Economy	An economic system that is controlled by a single central government.
Giasnost	A policy of openess introduced in the Soviet Union in the late 1980s.
Perestrokia	In the former Soviet Union a policy of economic restructuring.
Ruble	The currency of Russia.
Black Market	The system of selling goods and services outside of official channels.

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