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Ch. 18-20 Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Domestication | The process of training and breeding animals for use by humans |
| communism | a system of government in which the government controls the means of production determining what goods will be made, how much workers will be paid and how much items will cost |
| Eurasia | The name some geographers suggest should be used for the landmass of Europe and asia |
| Inland sea | a land that is almost completely surrounded by land |
| tundra | a region where temperatures are always cool and only specialized plants grow |
| taiga | Thinly scattered coniferous forests found in Europe and Asia |
| steppe | a temperature grassland found in Europe an Asia |
| Multiethnic | composed of many ethnic groups |
| ethnic group | people who share such things as culture, language, and religion |
| acid rain | Rain whose high concentration of chemicals usually from industrial pollution, pollutes water, kills plant and animal life, and eats away at the surface of stone and rock; a form of chemical weathering |
| infant mortality | the number of children per 1,000 live births who die within the first year. |
| maternal mortality | the number of women who died due to pregnancy and childbirth complications per 100,000 live births. |
| life expectancy | The number of years an individual is expected to live as determined by statistics |
| National identity | a peoples sense of what makes them a nation |
| ghetto | a section of a city in which a particular minority group is forced to live |
| Holocaust | the extension of 6 million Jews In Nazi concentration camps during World War 11 |
| velvet revolution | a revolution without bloodshed, which took place in Czechoslovakia |
| Privatization | the process of selling government |
| collective farm | a government owned farm managed by workers who share the profits from their produce |
| balkanize | to break up into small, mutually hostile political units, as occured in the Balkans after World War 1 |
| entrepreneur | a go-getter individual who starts and builds a business |
| multiplier effect | the effect an investment has in multiplying related jobs throughout the economy. |
| annex | to formally incorporate into a country or state the territory |
| diversify | To Increase the variety of. |
| chernozem | A rich top soil found in the Russian steppes and other mid latitude grasslands |
| permafrost | a layer of soil just below the earths surface that stays permanently frozen |
| czar | an emperor of Russia |
| abdicate | to surrender ones office, throne, or Authority |
| soviet | In the former soviet union any one of various governing counsels. |
| command economy | an economic system that is controlled by a single central government |
| glasnost | a policy of openness introduced in the soviet union in the late 1980's |
| perestroika | in the former soviet union, a policy of economic restructuring |
| ruble | the currency o russia |
| black market | the system of selling goods and services outside of official channels. |
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