White Dutch settlers in South Africa. Also the name of their language.
Narrow finger-like lakes formed by glacial action. Good examples are found in Finger Lakes region in New York State.
Refers to the declining size of the manufacturing sector.
A former industrial site affected by environmental contamination.
An area of volcanic activity. Not caused by plate tectonics but by plumes from the mantle.
A German-dominated alliance of merchant cities in the Baltic and northern Europe, especially strong from 1300 to 1500.
Rapid growth of algae in lakes often due to the amount of run off high in phosphates and nitrogen from farms and lawns.
A military alliance formed in 1949 between Canada, the USA and European countries as a bulwark against the Soviet Union.
Glacial deposits of rock and sediment.
Money that leaves other areas of the world seeking a location with strong secrecy laws where money can be hidden and invested without scrutiny.
Eroded by glaciation, these valleys have very steep sides.
A type of economic system that is not controlled by a central authority but rather left to the free and open collaboration and decisions of the participants in the market.
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