| A | B |
| Bog | Low swampy land. |
| Communist State | Country whose government has strong control over the economy and society as a whole. |
| Acid Rain | Rain containing high amounts of chemical pollutants. |
| Pope | Head of the Roman Catholic Church. |
| Landlocked | Country with no land bordering a sea or an ocean. |
| Nomads | People who move from place to place with herds of animals. |
| Spa | Resort that has hot mineral springs that people bathe in to regain their health. |
| Privatize | To transfer the ownership of factories from the government to individual citizens. |
| Consumer Goods | Household products, clothing, and other goods people buy to use for themselves. |
| Ethnic Cleansing | Forcing people from a different ethnic group to leave their homes. |
| Refugee | Person who flees to another country to escape persecution or disaster. |
| Mosque | Place of worship for followers of Islam. |
| Steppe | Partly dry grassland often found on the edges of a desert. |
| Potash | Type of mineral salt that is often used in fertilizers. |