| A | B |
|---|
| moor | treeless, windy highland area with damp ground |
| peat | plants partly decayed in water that can be dried and used for fuel |
| bog | low swampy land |
| parliamentary democracy | government in which voters elect representatives to a law making body which chooses a prime minister to head the government |
| constitutional monarchy | government in which a king or queen is the official head of state, but elected officials run the government |
| navigable | body of water wide and deep enough to allow the passage of ships |
| polder | area of land reclaimed from the sea |
| multinational company | firm that does business in several countries |
| multilingual | able to speak several languages |
| autobahn | superhighway |
| federal republic | government divided between national and state powers |
| reunification | bringing together the two parts of Germany under one government |
| neutrality | refusal to take sides in disagreements and wars between countries |
| continental divide | mountainous area from which rivers flow in different directions |
| fjord | steep-sided valley cut into mountains by the action of glaciers |
| welfare state | country that uses tax money to support people who are sick, needy, jobless, or retired |
| heavy industry | manufactured goods such as machinery, mining equipment, and steel |
| sauna | wooden room heated by water sizzling on hot stones |
| geyser | spring of water heated by molten rock inside the earth so that, from time to time, it shoots hot water into the air. |
| geothermal energy | electricity produced by natural underground sources of steam |
| dry farming | method in which the land is left unplanted every few years so that it can store moisture |
| sirocco | hot, dry winds that blow across Italy from North America |
| coalition government | government in which two or more political parties work together to run a country |
