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2. of settling new lands that remain under the government of their native landEcosystem a system formed by the interaction of a community of organisms with their physical environment
5. dry summers and cool dry winters;little rainfall
7. an emperor of Russia before 1917, also wrote as Tzar socialism a political and economic theory of social organization which advocates that the means of production, distribution, and exchange should be owned or regulated by the community as a wholeRussification
9. militant Islamist organization founded by Osama bin Laden in the late 1980s
11. Climate a climate that features mild, wet winters and hot, dry summersSemi Arid Climate
13. Groups a community or population made up of people who share a common cultural background or descent.
14. Continental Climate
15. vast treeless plains in cold northern climates, characterized by permafrost and small, low plants such as mosses and shrubs
16. act of forming to ideals, tradition, and culture of Russia

1. a political theory derived from Karl Marx, leading to a society in which all property is publicly ownedAl- Qaeda
3. a brutal, fundamentalist religious group that held power over most of Afghanistan during the late 1990Arabs a member of a Semitic people, originally from the Arabian peninsula and neighboring territories, inhabiting much of the Middle East and North Africa.
4. distinct seasons; Middle/Upper East coasts, interior of large land massesHumid Subtropical Climate a wet and warm climate found on the edges of the tropics
6. permanently frozen layer of soil beneath the surface of the ground
8. A people who migrated to Australia from Asia at least 40,000 years ago; the original settlers of the land.
10. monotheistic religion of the Jews.
12. the status of belonging to a particular nation