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Neely Vocab 13
Word | Definition |
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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 |