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