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ch 18 and 20
vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| domestication | present-day southern Russia and Ukraine first trained and bred horses for use by humans |
| communism | a system in which the government controlled almost all aspects of political and economic life |
| Eurasia | others suggest that Europe and Asia should be viewed as a large single continent |
| physical characteristics | |
| environmental change | |
| climates | the term used for the weather patterns that an area typically experiences over a long period of time |
| economic activities | |
| tundra | treeless plain in arctic areas where sort grasses and mosses grow |
| taiga | south of the tundra are coniferous forests |
| steppe | a temperate grassland found in Europe and Asia |
| multiethnic | containing many ethnic groups |
| ethic group | is composed of people who share such things as culture language and religion |
| national identity | |
| ghetto | |
| holocaust | |
| velvet revolution | a revolution without bloodshed, which took place in Czechoslovakia during the late 1980 |
| privatization | the process of selling government-owned industries and businesses to private owners |
| collective farm | a government-owned farm managed by workers who share the profits from their produce |
| balkanize | to break up into small mutually hostile political units as occurred in the Balkans after world war 1 |
| entrepreneur | a go-getter individual who starts and builds a business |
| multiplier | 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 |
| glasnost | a policy of openness introduced in the Soviet Union in the late 1980s |
| perestroika | 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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