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24 Cards in this Set
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Steppe
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Partly dry grassland often found on the edges of a desert.
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Peninsula
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Piece of land with water on three sides.
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Taiga
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Huge forests of evergreen tress that grow in the subarctic regions.
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Tundra
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Vast rolling treeless plain in high latitude climates in which only the top few inches of ground thaw in summer.
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Permafrost
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Permanently frozen lower layers of soil in the tundra and subarctic regions.
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Heavy industry
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manufactured goods such as machinery, mining equipment, and steel.
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Light industry
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Making of such goods as clothing, shoes, furniture, and household products.
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Consumer goods
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Household products, clothing, and other goods people buy to use for themselves.
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Hydroelectric power
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electricity generated by flowing water.
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Bauxite
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Minerals used to make aluminum.
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Czar
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Name for emperor in Russia’s past.
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Serf
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Farm laborer who could be bought and sold along with the land.
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Industrialize
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To change an economy to rely on more manufacturing and less on farming.
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Communist State
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Country who’s government has strong control over the economy and society as a whole.
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Cold war
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Period between the late 1940’s and late 1980’s when the United States and the Soviet Union competed for world influence without actually fighting each other.
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Ethnic group
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People who share a common language, culture, or history
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Free enterprise system
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Economic system in which people start and run businesses with limited government intervention.
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Nuclear energy
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Power made by creating a controlled atomic reaction.
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Life expectancy
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The number of years that an average person is to live.
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Democracy
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Form of government in which citizens choose the nation’s leaders by voting for them.
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Federal republic
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Government divided between national and state power.
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Urban
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Area in the city.
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Suburb
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Smaller community that surrounds a city.
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Rural
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Area in countryside.
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