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Northern Europe
Term | Definition |
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constitutional monarchy | form of government in which a monarch is the head of state but elected officials run the government |
parliamentary democracy | form of government in which voters elect representatives to a law- making body called Parliament, and members of Parliament vote for an official called the prime minister to head the government |
peat | plants partly decayed in water which can be dried and burned for fuel |
bog | low swampy area |
productivity | measure of how much work a person produces in a set amount of time |
geysers | spring of water heated by molten rock inside the earth that, from time to time, shoots hot water into the air |
fjord | narrow, U-shaped coastal valley with steep sides formed by the action go glaciers |
geothermal energy | electricity produced by natural underground sources of steam |
differentiate | to make or become different in some way |
document | an important paper |
vary | to be different |