| A | B |
|---|
| strategic chokepoint | an area, usually waterway, which if a country couldn't use it - could hurt them economically |
| taiga | Russian forest land |
| tolerate / toleration | to put up with .. To allow |
| topography | the land |
| totalitarian ? totalitarianism | dictatorship |
| traditional economy | doing things by hand ? farming by hand ? or with oxen |
| transition | going from one thing to another ? moving from one thing to another |
| Tsar/Czar | a russian word meaning king/monarch/ruler |
| tundra | land permanently frozen - barren - no trees |
| Urals | mountains in Russia - they mark Europe from Asia |
| utopian society | a perfect world ? where everyone is equal ? impossible due to personal jealousies & individual preferences |
| warm-water port | Russia has always wanted one for trade due its northern ports being frozen |
| westernization ? Westernize | to modernize ? use machines ? be like Britain, France, Germany, the United States |
