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chapter 18-20

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domestication   the process of training and breeding animals for use by hummans  
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communism   a system of goverment in wich goverment controls the means of production deteriming what goods will be made how much workers will be paid and how much iteams will coast  
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eurasia   the name some geographers suggest should be used for the landmass of erope and aisa  
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inland sea   a sea that is almost completely surrounded by land  
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tundra   a dry treeles plain where temperatures are always cool or cold and only specialized lants and plants grow  
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tagi   thinly scattered coniferous forests found in erope and asia  
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steppe   a tempreate grassland found in europe and aisa  
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multiethnationalnic   composed of many ethnic groups  
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ethnic group   people who sare such things as culture language and religion  
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acid rain   rain whose high concentration of chemicals usually from industrial pollution watter kills plant and animals life and eats away at the surface of stone and rock like a form chemical weathering  
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national identity   a peoples sense of what makes them a nation  
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ghetto   a section of a city in wich a particlular minority group is forvce to live  
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holocaust   the excution of 6 million jews in nazi concentration camps during world war2  
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velvet revolution    
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collective farm   a gaoverment owned farm managed by workers who share the profits frim their produce  
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privatization   the process of sellin government owned industries and busnesses to prrived  
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balkanize   to break up into small mutually hostile political units as iccured in the balkans after world war1  
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entrepreneur   a go getter individual who starts an builds a busness  
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multiplier effect   the effect an investement has in multiplying related jobs throught out the econonmy  
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annex   to formally incorprorate into a country or state the territory of another  
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diversify   to increase the variety  
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tundra    
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taiga    
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0plchemozem    
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permafrost    
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czar   an emperor of russia  
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abdicate   to surrender ones office throne or authoritty  
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soviet    
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command ecnomy   an economic ststem that is controlled by a single central goverment  
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glasnost    
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perestroika    
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ruble    
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black market   the system of selling goods and services out side of official channels  
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