| A | B |
|---|
| Moor | Treeless, windy highland area with damp ground. |
| Parliamentary Democracy | Government in which voters elect representatives to a lawmaking 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. |
| Peat | Plants partly decayed in water that can be dried and used for fuel. |
| Bog | Low swampy land. |
| 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 goodssuch 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 Africa. |
| Coalition Government | Government in which two or more political parties work together to run a country. |
