Geo 7 - Chapter 14 Word Scramble
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Term | Definition |
steppe | partly dry grassland often found on the edges of a desert |
tundra | vast, rolling treeless plain in high latitude climates in which only the top few inches of ground thaw in summer |
permafrost | permanently frozen lower layers of soil in the tundra and subarctic regions |
taiga | huge forests of evergreen trees that grow in subarctic regions |
czar | name for an emperor in Russia's past |
serf | farm laborer who could be bought and sold along with the land |
industrialize | to change an economy to rely more on manufacturing and less on farming |
communist state | country whose government has strong control over the economy and society as a whole |
Cold War | period between the late 1940s and late 1980s when the United States and the Soviet Union competed for world influence without actually fighting each other |
free enterprise system | economic system in which people start and run businesses with limited government intervention |
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