Vocab For Central Europe + N. Eurasia Flashcards
Domestication
The process of training and breeding animals for use by humans
Communism
A system in which the government controlled almost all aspects of the political and economic life
Eurasia
Europe and Asia viewed as a large single continent
Tundra
Treeless plane in Arctic areas where short grasses and mosses grow
by Arctic Ocean
Taiga
Coniferous forests
Steppe
Expansive grasslands
Broad open stretches
Multiethnic
Containing many ethnic groups
Ethnic group
People who share culture, language, and religion
Acid rain
A form of pollution in which toxic chemicals in the air come back to earth as rain, snow, or hail
National identity
Sense of what characteristics make them a nation
Ghetto
An area of the city where a minority is forced to live
Holocaust
When Nazis massacred More than 6 million Jews across Europe
Velvet Revolution
A revolution without bloodshed
Collective farm
Workers are paid by government and share profits from their products
Privatization
The process of selling government-owned industries and businesses to private owners who can run them more efficiently
Balkanize
To break up into small, mutually hostile political units
Entrepreneur
Go-getter individuals who start and build businesses
Multiplier effect
Effect an investment has in multiplying related jobs throughout an economy
Diversify
Increase variety of their industries
Chernozem
“Black earth”
Permafrost
Layer of permanently frozen soil
Czar
Monarchs
Caesar
Abdicate
Give up crown
Soviet
Governing council
