Chapter 18-20
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| Domestication | People living on the steppes of present-day southern Russia and Ukraine first trained and bred horses for use by humans
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| Communism | system in which the government controlled almost all aspects of political and economic life
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| Eurasioa | Europe and Asia should be viewed as a large single continent
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| Inland sea | sea that is almost completely surrounded by land
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| Tundra | treeless plain in arctic areas where short grasses and mosses grow
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| Taiga | Coniferous forests
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| Steppe | Expansive grasslands
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| Multiethnic | containing many ethnic groups
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| Ethnic group | composed of people who share such performs a traditional dance
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| Acid rain | form of pollution in which toxic chemicals in the air come back to the earth as rain
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| Infant mortality | the number of children per 1000 live births who die within the first year
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| Maternal mortality | number of women who die due to pregnancy and child birth complications
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| Life expectancy | number of years an individual is expected to live
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| National Identity | sense of what characteristics make them a nation
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| Ghetto | area of a city where a minority is forced to live
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| Holocaust | Destruction of human life
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| Velvet revolution | revolution without bloodshed
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| Privatization | many parts of the Czech economy began in the 1990s
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| Collective farms | workers were paid by the government and they shared the profits from their products
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| Balkanize | break up into small mutually hostile political units
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| Entrepreneures | go getter in individuals who start and build business
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| Multiplier effect | eleven new jobs have been added to Romanians economy for each job that the soft drink company created
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| Annex | formally added
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| Diversify | increase the variety of their industries
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| Chernozen | Black earth
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| Permafrost | layer of permanently frozen soil
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| Soil | is the thin layer of loose material
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| Organic matter | derived from living plants and animal and their remains
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| Humus | formed from decaying vegetation and animals
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| Regolith | weathered rock
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| Soil horizon | appear beneath a thin layer or humus
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| Soil creep | soil moves gradually and constantly downhill
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| Loam | a mixture of clay, silt, and sand
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| Czar | A series of monarchs
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| Abdicate | Gave up his crown
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| Soviet | governing council
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| Command economy | one in which a central authority decides whats good
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| Glasnost | openness
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| Perestroika | economic restructuring
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