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chapter 14: Russia's Landscape and History
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| steppe | dry, treeless grassland |
| tundra | dry, treeless plains in the high latitudes |
| permafrost | permanently frozen lower layers of soil |
| taiga | huge, subarctic evergreen forests |
| czar | former emperor of Russia |
| serf | farm laborer |
| industrialize | rely more on manufacturing and less on farming |
| communist state | government controls the economy |
| Cold War | period between the late 1940's and late 1980's when the USA and the Soviet Union competed for world influence without actually fighting each other |
| perestroika | restructuring |
| free enterprise system | where most businesses are privately owned, and there is competition - resulting in better products at lower prices |
| glasnost | openness |
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