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26 Cards in this Set
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A group's unique way of life |
Culture |
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Moving from place to place acording to the seasons in search of food |
Nomads |
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Hats and traditional tents |
Yurts |
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Physical features of the land |
Terrain |
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Selected |
Enlisted |
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Width of the tracks |
Gauge |
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The world's longest continuous Railroad |
Trans-Siberian railroad |
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Harbor |
Port |
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A building from the 1700s that is still around |
Hermitage Museum |
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A place where International Affairs could be conducted |
Diplomacy |
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The Soviet Union moved Russians into the republics and put them in charge |
Russification |
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Restructuring |
Perestroika |
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Openness |
Glasnost |
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Determination to govern themselves |
Autonamy |
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A sudden overthrow of the government by force |
Coup |
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A strong central government and local government units |
Federal system |
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A historic complex of palaces and churches in the heart of Moscow |
Kremlin |
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A political party gets the same percentage of seats as the percentage of votes it received |
Proportional representation |
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Open |
Vulnerable |
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Income |
Revenue |
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A series of connected pipes used to transport liquids or gases |
Pipeline |
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ is in the country of Ukraine |
Chernobyl |
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The time needed for half of its atoms to Decay and decrease |
Half life |
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Infected (unfit for use because of the presence of unsafe elements) |
Contaminated |
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Giving off energy caused by the breakdown of atoms |
Radioactive |
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Radioactive particles from a nuclear explosion that fall through the atmosphere |
Fallout |
