| A | B |
|---|
| moor | treeless, windy highland area with damp ground |
| loch | narrow bay that reaches far inland |
| currency | form of money |
| 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 |
| devolution | transfer of certain powers from the central government to regional governments |
| peat | wet ground with decaying plants that can be dried and used for fuel |
| bog | low, swampy land |
| navigable | a body of water wide and deep enough to allow the passage of ships |
| republic | strong national government headed by elected leaders |
| autobahn | superhighway |
| Holocaust | systematic murder of more than 6 million Jews by Adolf Hitler and his followers during World War II |
| communist state | country whose government has strong control over the economy and society as a whole |
| federal republic | government divided national and state powers |
| reunification | bringing together the two parts of Germany under one government |
| infrastructure | transportation and communication networks on which an economy depends |
| neutrality | refusing to take sides in disagreements and wars between countries |
| polder | area of land reclaimed from the sea |
| multinational company | a firm that does business in several countries |
| multilingual | able to speak several languages |
