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Western Europe
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Vocabulary | Definitions |
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moor | treeless windy highland area |
loch | narrow bays that cut far inland |
currency | form of money |
parlimentary democracy | voters elect representatives who choose the Prime Minister |
constitutional monarchy | king or queen is official head of state but elected officials run the government |
devolution | transfer of powers from central to state governments |
peat | wet ground with decaying plants thatr can be dried and used for feul |
bog | low swampy land |
navigable | water wide and deep enough for ships |
republic | national government headed by elected officials |
autobahn | super highway |
Holocaust | systematic murder of European Jews by the Nazi Party during WWII |
communist state | government has strong control over economy and society |
federal republic | government divided between national and state powers |
reunification | bringing together |
infrastructure | transportatioon and communication networks |
neutrality | not choosing sides |
polder | area of land reclaimed from the sea |
multinational company | firm that does business in several countries |
multilingual | able to speak several languages |