Neely Vocab 10 Word Scramble
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Word | Definition |
Moor | Treeless, windy highland area with damp ground |
Multinational Company | Firm that does business in several countries |
Multilingual | Able to speak several languages |
Loch | Narrow bay that reaches far inland |
Navigable | Describes a body of water deep and wide enough to allow the passage of ships |
Neutrality | Refusing to take sides in disagreements and wars between countries |
Autobahn | Superhighway |
Bog | Low swampy land |
Currency | Form of money |
Devolution | Transfer of certain powers from the central government to regional governments |
Parliamentary Democracy | Government in which voters elect representatives to a law-making body, which chooses a prime minister to head the government |
Peat | Wet ground with decaying plants that can be dried and used for fuel |
Polder | Area of land reclaimed from the sea |
Republic | Strong national government headed by elected leaders |
Reunification | Bringing together the two parts of Germany under one government |
Holocaust | Systematic murder of more than 6 million European Jews by Adolf Hitler and his followers during World War II |
Infrastructure | Transportation and communication networks on which an economy depends |
Federal Republic | Government divided between national and state powers |
Constitutional Monarchy | Government in which the king or queen is the official head of state, but elected officials run the government |
Communist State | Country whose government has strong control over the economy and society as a whole |
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