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russian key terms
7th Grade SS
Term | Definition |
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pesicide | a chemical that kills harmful insects and weeds |
landmass | a very large area of land |
greenhouse gas | gas that traps the suns heat over earth |
permafrost | permanently frozen ground. |
hydroelectric power | source of energy that uses flowing water to produce electricity |
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 coals |
steppe | a very large plain of dry grassland |
methane | a colorless odorless natural gas released from carbon |
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 in limited supply |
semiarid | somewhat dry with very little rainfall |
a system of government in which the government controls economic resources | |
fees paid to another ruler or country for protection or as a token of submission | |
an enemy who enters a country by force | |
information made to influence peoples opinions or advance an organization or partys ideas | |
a defined territory with its own government | |
term used for an emperor in russia | |
a system of government in which a singe l political party controls the government and the economy | |
in 1812 practice in which russian troops as they retrated from napoleons army burned crops and resources that could supply the enemy | |
the period of rule for a king queen emperor or empress | |
worldly not connected to a religion | |
from the 1500s to the 1800s a poor russian or european peasant farmer who rented land from a landlord and had few rights | |
in the soivet union a large farm where workers grew food to be dis |