| A | B |
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| Steppe | Partly dry grassland often found on the edges of a desert. |
| Tundra | Vast rolling treeless plain in high latitude climates in which only the top few inches of ground thaw in summer. |
| Permafrost | Permanently frozen lower layers of soil in the tundra and subarctic regions. |
| Taiga | Huge forests of evergreen trees that grow in subarctic regions. |
| Czar | Name for emperor in Russia's past. |
| Serf | Farm laborer who could be bought and sold along with the land. |
| Industrialize | To change an economy to rely more on manufacturing and less on farming. |
| Communist State | Country whose government has strong control over the economy and society as a whole. |
| Cold War | Period between the late 1940s and late 1980s when the United States andthe Soviet Union competed for world influence without actually fighting each other. |
| Perestroika | Soviet police that loosened government controls and permitted its economy to move towards free enterprise. |
| Free Enterprise System | Economic system in which people start and run businesses with limited government intervention. |
| Glasnost | Russian policy of "openness". |
