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30 Cards in this Set
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Continuous extent of land |
Landmass |
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Very large plains |
Steppes |
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Cut off from other countries |
Isolated |
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Permanately frozen ground |
Permafrost |
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Flat land found in arctic subarctic regions |
Tundra |
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Forest area |
Taiga |
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Oil, natural gas, and coal |
Nonrenewable fossil fuels |
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Very old decayed plant material |
Peat |
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Power production plants use the force os the rivers' water to generate electricity |
Hydroelectric power |
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Hard to reach |
Remote |
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A colorless, odorless natural gas that can have negative impact on the environment |
Methane |
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A gas that traps the sun's heat over the earth |
Greenhouse gas |
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Very dry, having almost no rainfall |
Arid |
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Somewhat dry, with very little rainfall |
Semiarid |
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Chemicals that kill harmful insects and weeds |
Pesticides |
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Defined territory with Its own government |
State |
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Taxes |
Tribute |
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Czar |
Emperor |
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To make larger |
Expand |
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Rule |
Reign |
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Encouraged |
Promoted |
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Worldly, not connected to a religion |
Secular |
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Enemies entering by force |
Invaders |
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troops retreat in front of thread vancing army and destroy crops and other resources that might supply the enemy |
Scorched earth policy |
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A poor Russian or European peasant farmer who rented land from a landlord and had few rights |
Serfs |
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Work stoppages |
Strikes |
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A single political party who controls the government and economy |
Communism |
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A system in which the government controls economic resources |
Socialism |
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Workers produced a certain amount of food |
Collective farms |
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Information designed to influence people's opinions |
Propaganda |
