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Northern Europe voca
| 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 offical head of state, but elected officals run the government |
| Famine | Lack of food |
| Fjord | Steep-sided valley cut into mountains by the action of glaciers |
| Geothermal Energy | Electricity produced by natural underground sources of steam |
| 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 |
| Heavy Industry | Manufactured goods such as machinery, mining equipment, and steel |
| Loch (lough) | Scottish word for lake or an inlet of the sea |
| Moor | Treeless, windy highland area with damp ground |
| Parliamentary Democracy | Government in which voters elect representatives to a lawmaking 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 by success or economic well-being |
| Sauna | Wooden room heated by water sizzling on hot stones |
| Socialism | A system in which the governmentowns or controls the production, distribtion, or exchangeof basic goods or services |
| Standard Of Living | Material well being as measured by education, housing, healthcare, and nutrition |
| Welfare State | Country that uses tax money to support people who are sick, needy, jobless,or retired |
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