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Neely Vocab 05
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Province | Regional political division similar to states |
| Glacier | Giant slow-moving sheets of ice |
| Peninsula | Piece of land with water on three sides |
| Tundra | Vast rolling treeless plain in high latitude climates in which only the top few inches of ground thaw in summer |
| Prairie | Rolling, inland grassy area with very fertile soil |
| Cordillera | Group of mountain ranges that run side by side |
| Service Industry | Business that provides services to people instead of producing goods |
| Newsprint | Type of paper used for printing newspapers |
| Secede | To withdraw from a national government |
| Acid Rain | Rain containing high amounts of chemical pollutants |
| Colony | Overseas territory or settlement tied to a parent country |
| Dominion | Self-governing nation that accepts the British monarch as the head of state |
| Bilingual | Referring to a country that has two official languages |
| Parliamentary Democracy | Government in which voters elect representatives to a law-making body, which chooses a prime minister to head the government |
| Prime Minister | Official who heads the government in a parliamentary democracy |