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Neely Vocab 13
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Bog | Low swampy land |
| Bauxite | Mineral used to make aluminum |
| Acid Rain | Rain containing high amounts of chemical pollutants |
| Communist State | Country whose government has strong control over the economy and society as whole |
| Consumer Goods | Household products, clothing, and other goods people buy to use for themselves |
| Ethnic Cleansing | Forcing people of a different ethnic group to leave their homes |
| Landlocked | Country with no land bordering a sea or an ocean |
| Mosque | Place of worship for followers of Islam |
| Nature Preserve | Protected area for plants and animals |
| Nomad | People who move from place to place with herds of animals |
| Oil Shale | Rock that contains oil |
| Peat | Wet ground with decaying plants that can be dried and used for fuel |
| Pope | Head of the Roman Catholic Church |
| Potash | Type of mineral salt that is often used in fertilizers |
| Privatize | To transfer the ownership of factories from the government to individual citizens |
| Refugee | Person who flees to another country to escape persecution or disaster |
| Republic | Strong national government headed by elected leaders |
| Spa | Resort that has hot mineral springs that people bathe in to regain their health |
| Steppe | Partly dry grassland often found on the edges of a desert |