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20 Cards in this Set
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steppe
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vast treeless plains
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nature preserve
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land set aside by the goverment to protect plants and wildlife
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fault
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an opening in the earth's crust
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food processing
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the preparing of foods as products for sale
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ethnic group
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people who share a common language, culture, and history
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nomad
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people who moved with their flocks in search of pasture
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oasis
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fertile desert area watered by underground springs
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tundra
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cold treeless plains
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taiga
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vast area of evergreen forests
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permafrost
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permently frozen layer of soil
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communism
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authoritarian political system where the govermentcontrols the economy
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command economy
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when the national goverment owns all land, resources, industries, farms, and rail roads
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heavy industry
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making of goods such as machinery, mining equipment, and military questions
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light industry
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making of goods such as clothing, shoes, furniture, and househeld products
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free enterprise system
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when businesses are privatly owned , operating for profit with little goverment control
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consumer goods
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househeld and electric products
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czars
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emperors that used to rule russia
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serfs
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laborers that were bound to the land they worked on
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cold war
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era from late 1940's to early 1990's in which the united states and the soviet union competed for world influence
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glasnost
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russian term for openess, used by mikhail gorbachev
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