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Tundra
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broad, dry treeless plain in the high latitudes
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taiga
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huge, subartic evergreen forest in Northern Europe, Asia and North America
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permafrost
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permanently frozen lower layers of soil in Arctic regions
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communisim
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authoritarian political system in which the central government controls the economy and society
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command economy
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economic system in which the government owns land resources and means of production and makes all economic decisions
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heavy industry
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production of inductrial goods such as machinery and military equipment
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light industry
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production of consumer goods, such as food products and household goods
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free enterprise system
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economic system based on free enterprise
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consumer goods
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products for personal use such as clothing and household goods
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czar
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title of the formal emperors of Russia
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serf
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farm laborer bound to the land the worked
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glasnost
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Russian term for "openness" used by president Gorbachev in the late 1980's
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ethnic group
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people who share a common cultural background including ancestry and language
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steppe
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dry treeless grasslands often found at the edge of deserts
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nature presrve
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land that is set aside by a government to protect plants and wildlife
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fault
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crack in the rocks of the earth's crust along which movement occurs
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food processing
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industry in which foods are prepared and packaged for sale
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ethnic group
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people who share a common cultural background including ancestry and language
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nomad
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a person who moves from place to place often with herds of sheep or cattle
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oasis
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place with water and green vegetaion surrounded by desert
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