Ch.14 The Russian Core Lesson 1,2, and 3 Vocab

A fertile black soil rich in humus, with a lighter lime-rich layer beneath.

• Czar
• Chernozem
• Glasnost
• Nuclear Waste

An emperor or king.

• Perestroika
• Statellite
• Czar
• Privatization

The policy or practice of more open consultative government and wider dissemination of information.

• Glasnost
• Chernozem 
• Russification
• Black Market

Radioactive waste material.

• Permafrost
• Nuclear Waste
• Radioactive Material 
• Pesticide

An illegal traffic or trade in officially controlled or scarce commodities.

• Statellite
• Chernozem
• Privatization 
• Black Market

A substance used for destroying insects or other organisms harmful to cultivated plants or to animals.

• Permafrost
• Glasnost 
• Pesticide
• Radioactive Material

An artificial body placed in orbit around the earth or moon or another planet to order to collect information or for communication.

• Statellite
• Czar
• Perestroika
• Continentality

A thick subsurface layer of soil that remains frozen throughout the year, occurring chiefly in polar regions. 

• Continentality
• Permafrost
• Nuclear waste
• Black Market

A measure of the difference between continental and marine climates characterized by the increased range of temperatures that occurs over land compared with water.

• Chernozem 
• Statellite
• Privatization
• Continenetality

A form of cultural assimilation process.

• Glasnost
• Pesticide 
• Russification
• Czar