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europe 3 vocab
europe 3
Question | Answer |
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taiga | A forest of evergreen trees growing south of the tundra of Russia |
steppe | A wide, flat grassland region that stretches from Ukraine across southern Russia (to Kazakhstan) |
czar (ZAHR) | Emperor of the former Russian Empire |
superpowers | powerful countries |
Cold War | Rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union that lasted from the 1940s to the early 1990s |
communism | An economic system where the government owns property and labor |
light industry | Industry that focuses on the production of lightweight goods (such as clothing) |
heavy industry | Industry that usually involves manufacturing based on metals |
habitation fog | A fog caused by fumes and smoke trapped over Siberian cities by very cold weather |
icebreakers | Ships that can break up the ice of frozen waterways, allowing other ships to pass through them |