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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Europen Union | an oranization whose goal is to unite Europe so that good,service and workers can move freely among memeber countries |
| Heavy Insustry | the manufacting of machinery & equipment needed for factories & mines |
| mixed farming | raising several kinds of crops and livestock on the same farm |
| state farm | under communism, a state owned farm manage by govern officals |
| greenhouse effect | the capacity of certain gases in the atmosphere to trap heat, warming the air |
| global warming | gradual warming of the earth & its atmosphere that may be caused in part by pollution & an increase in the greenhouse effect |
| hydroelectric power | elecrical energy generated by falling water |
| taiga | russian term for the vast subartic forest, most evergreens, that covers much of Russia & Siberia |
| ethnic group | group of people who share common ancestry, language, religion, customs, or combinations of such charateristics |
| sovereignty | self rule |
| atheism | belief of no god |
| czar | ruler of russia until the 1917 revolution |
| serf | laborer oliged to remain on the land where she or he works |
| patriarch | the head of eastern orthodox church |