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Chapters 18-20 Vocabulary

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Definition
show The process of training and breeding animals for use by humans.  
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show A system in 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.  
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show The name some geographers suggest should be used for the landmass of Europe and Asia.  
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show A sea that is almost completely surrounded by land.  
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show A dry, treeless plain where temperatures are always cool or cold and only specialized plants can grow.  
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Taiga   show
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Steppe   show
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show Composed of many ethnic groups.  
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show People who share such things as culture, language, and religion.  
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Acid Rain   show
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show The number of children per 1000 live births who die within the first year.  
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Maternal Morality   show
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show The number of years an individual is expected to live as determined by statistics.  
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show A people's sense of what makes them a nation.  
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Ghetto   show
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show The execution of 6 million Jews in Nazi concentration camps during World War II.  
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Velvet Revolution   show
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Privatization   show
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Collective Farm   show
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show To break up into small, mutually hostile political units, as occurred in the Balkans after World War I.  
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show A go-gutter individual who starts and builds a business.  
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show The effect an investment has in multiplying related jobs throughout the economy.  
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show To formally incorporate into a country or state the territory of another.  
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Diversify   show
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Chernozem   show
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Permafrost   show
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show An emperor of Russia.  
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show To surrender one's office, throne, or authority.  
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show In the former Soviet Union, any one of various governing councils.  
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show An economic activity system that is controlled by a single central government.  
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Glasnost   show
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show In the former Soviet Union, a policy of economic reconstructing.  
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show The currency of Russia.  
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show The system of selling goods and services outside of office channels.  
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