Chapters 14-16 Test

A vast, treeless plain in the far north.

• Canada

• Iceland

• savannahs

• tundra

A boreal forest belt that covers two-fifths of western Russia and extends into much of Siberia.

• savannahs

• taiga

• rain forest

• tundra

Permanently frozen layer of soil that lies beneath the surface of the ground.

• glaciation

• subsoil

• biofreeze

• permafrost

Share a common ancestry, language, religion, customs, or a combination of these things.

• nomads

• ancestors

• ethnic group

• American Indians

self-rule

• sovereignty

• free market economy

• communism

• democrat

Realistic style of art and literature that glorified Soviet ideals and goals.

• socialist realism

• paintings

• communism

• socialism

Period between 1922 and 1991 when Russia was part of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR)

• sovereignty

• republic era

• soviet era

• holocaust

The effect of extreme variations in temperature and very little precipitation within the interior portions of a landmass.

• freezing

• continentality

• atmosphere

• climate

Large, distinctive ethnic group within a country with regional political boundaries.

• nationality

• American Indians

• Americans

Rich black soil that supports the production of wheat, barley, rye, oats, and other crops.

• manure

• chernozem

• fertile soil

• fertilizer