Terms to Know Word Scramble
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Question | Answer |
Acid Rain | Rain containing high amounts of chemical pollutants |
Bog | low swampy land |
Communist State | country whose government has strong control over the economy and society as a whole |
Constitutional Monarchy | government in which a king or queen is the official head of state, but elected officials run the government |
Famine | lack of food |
Fjord | steep-sided valley cut into mountains by the action of glaciers |
Geyser | spring of water heated by molten rock inside the earth so that, from time to time, it shoots hot water into the air. |
Glen | Scottish term for valley |
Loch | (lough) Scottish term for lake or an inlet of the sea |
Parliamentary Democracy | government in which voters elect representatives to a lawmaking body which chooses a prime minister to head the government |
Peat | plants partly decayed in water that can be dried and used for fuel |
Prosperous | marked successful or economic well-being |
Sauna | wooden room heated by water sizzling on hot stones |
Socialism | a system in which the government owns or controls the production, distribution, or exchange of basic goods or services |
Standard of Living | material well being as measured by education, housing, healthcare, and nutrition |
Geothermal Energy | electricity produced by naturak underground sources of steam |
Welfare State | country that uses tax money to support people who are sick, needy, jobless, or retired |
Heavy Industry | manufactured goods such as machinery, mining equiptment, and steel |
Moor | treeless, windy highland area with damp ground |
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