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29 Cards in this Set
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The process of training and breeding animals for the use of humans.
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Domestication
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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.
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Communism
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The name some geographers suggest should be used for the landmass of Europe and Asia.
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Euraisa
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- A region where temperatures are always cool or cold and only specialized plants can grow.
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Tundra
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A temperate grassland found in Europe and Asia.
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Steppe
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Composed of many ethnic groups.
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Multiethnic
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A section of a city in which a particular minority group is forced to live.
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Ghetto
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The execution of 6 million Jews in Nazi concentration camps during World War II.
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Holocaust
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A revolution without bloodshed, which took place in Czechoslovakia during the late 1980s.
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Velvet revolution
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The process of selling government owned industries and business to private owners.
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Privatization
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A government owned farm managed by workers who share the profits from their produce.
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Collective farm
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To break up into small, mutually hostile political units, as occurred in the Balkans after World War I.
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Balkanize
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A go getter individual who starts and builds a business.
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Entrepreneur
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The effect an investment has in multiplying related jobs throughout the economy.
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Multiplier effect
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To formally incorporate into a country or state the territory of another.
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Annex
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To increase the variety.
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Diversify
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A region where temperatures are always cool or cold and only specialized plants can grow.
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Tundra
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Thinly scattered, coniferous forest found in Europe and Asia
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Taiga
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A rich topsoil found in the Russian steppes and other mid-latitude grassland.
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Chernozem
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the layer of soil just above the earth’s soil that stays permanently frozen
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Permafrost
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An emperor of Russia.
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Czar
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To surrender ones office, throne, of authority.
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Abdicate
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In the former Soviet Union, any one of various governing councils.
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Soviet
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An economic system that is controlled by a single central government.
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Command economy
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A policy of openness introduced by the Soviet Union in the late 1980’s.
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Glasnost
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In the former Soviet Union, a policy of economic restructuring.
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Perestroika
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The currency of Russia.
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Ruble
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The system of selling goods and services outside of official channels.
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Black market
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A people’s sense of what makes them a nation.
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National Identity
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