| A | B |
|---|
| tundra | broad, dry, treeless plain in the high latitudes |
| taiga | huge, subarctic evergreen forests |
| permafrost | permanently frozen soil |
| communism | authoritarian political system |
| command economy | government owns everything and makes decisions |
| heavy industry | production of industrial goods |
| light industry | production of consumer goods |
| free enterprise | people start and run businesses for profit |
| consumer goods | products for personal use |
| czar | title of former emperors of Russia |
| serf | farm laborers bound to the land |
| cold war | 1940s - 1990s US and Soviets competed for world influence |
| glasnost | "openess" |
| ethnic group | common cultural background |
| Moscow | Capital of Russia. |
| St. Petersburg | Cultural center of Russia. |
| Siberia | Northern part of Russia. |
| Ural Mountains | Boundary between Europe and Asia |
| Volga River | European Russia's longest river. |
| Caspian Sea | Largest inland body of water in the world. |
