| A | B |
|---|
| specialization | focusing efforts on certain activities to make the best use of resources |
| high-technology industries | manufacturing computers and other products that require sophisticated engineering |
| bilingual | using, or speaking, two languages |
| polders | drained lands which have rich farming soil |
| multinational companies | firms that do business in several countries |
| reunification | when East and West Germany united under on government in 1990 |
| neutrality | refusal to take sides in war, or fighting |
| dry farming | an agriculture technique that does not depend on irrigation |
| autonomy | self-rule |
| subsidies | special payments a government make to support a group or industry |
