| A | B |
|---|
| Navigable | a body of water that is wide enough and deep enough for ships to pass |
| Republic | government without a monarch, the people elect the important officials. |
| Communism | authoritarian political system in which the central government controls the economy and society |
| acid rain | precipitation in which water carries large amounts of chemicals, especially sulfuric acid |
| loess | fine grained fertile soil deposited by the wind |
| autobahn | a super highway in Germany |
| dialect | local form or type of a language |
| holocaust | the mass imprisonment and slaughter of European Jews and other s by the German Nazis during WWII |
| multinational firm | a company that has offices in several countries and does business in several countries. |
| neutrality | policy of refusing to take side in international disputes and wars |
| polder | in the Netherlans, an area of land reclaimed from the sea. |
| watershed | high ridge from which rivers of an area flow in different directions |
