Russia Vocab 7th S.S
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| Socialism | A system of government in which the government controls economic resources
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| Tribute | Fees paid to another ruler or country for protection or as a token of submission
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| Invader | An enemy who enters a country by force
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| Propaganda | Information made to influence people's opinions or advance an organization or party's ideas
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| State | A defined territory with its own government
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| Czar | Term used for an emperor in Russia
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| Communism | A system of government in which a single political party controls the government and the economy
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| Scorched Earth Policy | In 1812, a practice in which Russian troops, as they retreated from Napoleon's army, burned crops and resources that could supply the enemy
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| Reign | The period of rule for a king, queen, emperor, or empress
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| Secular | Worldly, not connected to a religion
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| Serf | From the 1500s to the 1800s, a poor Russian or European peasant farmer who rented land from a landlord and had few rights
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| Collective Farm | In the Soviet Union, a large farm where workers grew food to be distributed to the entire population
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| Strike | Work stoppage by employees who refuse to work
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| Pesticide | A chemical that kills harmful insects and weeds
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| Landmass | A very large area of land
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| Greenhouse Gas | A gas that traps the sun's heat over Earth
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| Permafrost | Permanently frozen ground
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| Hydroelectric Power | A source of energy that uses flowing water to produce electricity
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| Arid | Very dry, having almost no rainfall.
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| Taiga | The largest forest area that stretches through northern Russia, Canada, and other northern countries
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| Peat | The material from very old decayed plants that burns like coal.
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| Steppe | A very large plain of dry grassland
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| Methane | A colorless, odorless natural gas released from carbon
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| Tundra | Flat treeless land found in arctic and subarctic regions
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| Nonrenewable Fossil Fuel | A source of energy such as oil, natural gas, or coal
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| Semiarid | Somewhat dry, with very little rainfall
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