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18 Cards in this Set
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Ice Brakers
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Ships that can break paths through ice
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Taiga
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A forest of mainly evergreen trees that covers half of Russia
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Czar
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Title of the emperor of Russia before the Russian Revolution
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Serfs
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Poot peasant farmers in Russia who worked for lords and were bound to the land
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Abdicate
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Resign
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Soviets
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Local governing bodies of the Soviet Union
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Autarky
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A system in which a country trys to produce all the goods that it needs.
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Gulag
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Network of prison labor camps in the Soviet Union
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Shatter Belt
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A zone of frequent boundary changes and conflicts, often located between major powers
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Light Industy
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Industry using low-weight materials and focusing on the production of consumer goods
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Heavy Industry
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Industry focusing on manufacturing, usually based on metals
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Smelters
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Factories that process metal ores
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Zinc
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An element important in metal processing and other industries
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Caravans
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Groups of people traveling together for protection
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Monoculture
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Cultivation of a single crop
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Nomads
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People who move often from place to place
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Yurts
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Moveable, round houses of whool felt mats in Central Asia
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Dryland Farming
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Growing crops that can rely on limited rainfall rather than irragation
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