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Geography
9th Grade
02/24/2010

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Icebreakers
Definition
ships that can break paths through ice
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Taiga
Definition
a forest of mainly evergreen trees that covers half of Russia
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Czar
Definition
title of the emperor of Russia before the Russian Revolution.
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Serfs
Definition
poor peasant farmers in Russia who worked for lords and were bound to the land
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Abdicate
Definition
resign
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Soviets
Definition
local governing bodies of the Soviet Union.
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Autarky
Definition
a
system in which a country tries to produce all the goods that it needs
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Gulag
Definition
network of prison labor camps in the Soviet Union
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Shatter Belt
Definition
a zone of frequent boundary changes and conflicts, often located between major powers
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Light Industry
Definition
industry using low-weight material and focusing on the production of consumer goods
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Heavy Industry
Definition
industry focusing on manufacturing usually based on metals.
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Smelters
Definition
Factories that process metal ores
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Zinc
Definition
an element important in metal processing and other industries
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Caravans
Definition
groups of people traveling together for protection
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Monoculture
Definition
cultivation of a single crop
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Nomads
Definition
people who move often from place to place
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Transhumance
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the practice of moving herds from mountain pastures in the summer to lowland pastures in the winter.
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Yurts
Definition
movable, round houses of wool felt mats in Central Asia
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Dryland Farming
Definition
growing crops that can rely on limited rainfall rather than irrigation
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