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Europe Flashcards
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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| European Union | An organization whose goal is to unite europe so that goods,services,and workers can move freely among member countires |
| Heavy Industry | the manufacture of machinery and equipment needed for factories and mines |
| Mixed farming | raising several kinds of crops and livestock on the same farm |
| State farm | under communism, a state-owned farm managed by goverment officials |
| Greenhouse effect | The capacity of certain gases in the atmosphere to trap heat, thereby warming the earth |
| Global warming | gradual warming of the earth and its atmosphere that may be caused iun part by pollution and an increase in greenhouse effect |
| Permafrost | permently frozen layer of soil beneath the surface of the ground |
| Tundra | vast, treeless plains in cold northern climates, characterized by permafrost and small, low plants, such as mosses and shrubs |
| Taiga | Russian term for the vast subartic forest, mostly evergreens, that covers much of russia and siberia |
| Steppe | wide, grassy plains of Eurasia;also similar climate region elsewhere |