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Mobility
The pattern of human movement typically changing because of continual improvement in means of transportation.
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Mobutu Sese Seko
Zaire’s leader, which is now the Democratic Republic of the Congo, from its independence in the 1960s until 1997. He brought the country’s businesses under national control, profited from the reorganization, and used the army to hold power.
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Modekngei
A hybrid of Christianity and ancient Palauan culture and oral traditions founded around 1915 on Babeldaob.
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Moldova
Location: Southeast Europe Official name: Republic of Moldova Formation (date of independence / date current borders were established): 1991 / 1991 Capital city: Chisinau Population: 3.6 million / 277 people per sq mile (107 people per sq km) Total land area: 13,067 square miles (33,843 square km) Language(s) spoken: Moldovan (official language), Ukrainian, Russian Main …
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Mollisols
Thick, productive, and durable soils, such as the chernozem, whose fertility comes from abundant humus in the top layer.
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Monaco
Location: Southern Europe Official name: Principality of Monaco Formation (date of independence / date current borders were established): 1861 / 1861 Capital city: Monaco-Ville Population: 30,539 / 40,719 people per sq mile (15,661 people per sq km) Total land area: 0.75 square miles (1.95 square km) Language(s) spoken: French (official language), Italian, Monégasque, English Main …
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Monarchy
Monarchy: a country ruled by a king or queen who has usually inherited the position rather than been elected by the people.
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Money supply
A measure of the “money” available to buy goods and services.
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Mongolia
Location: East Asia Official name: Mongolia Formation (date of independence / date current borders were established): 1924 / 1924 Capital city: Ulan Bator Population: 2.7 million / 4 people per sq mile (2 people per sq km) Total land area: 604,247 square miles (1,565,000 square km) Language(s) spoken: Khalkha Mongolian (official language), Kazakh, Chinese, Russian …
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Monoculture
The single-species cultivation of food or tree crops, usually very economical and productive but threatening to natural diversity and change.
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Montenegro
Location: Southeast Europe Official name: Montenegro Formation (date of independence / date current borders were established): 2006 / 2006 Capital city: Podgorica Population: 600,000 / 113 people per sq mile (43 people per sq km) Total land area: 5332 square miles (13,812 square km) Language(s) spoken: Montenegrin (official language), Serbian, Albanian, Bosniak, Croatian Main religions: …
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Montreal Protocol
A 1989 international treaty to ban chlorofluorocarbons.
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Moor
A rainy, deforested upland, covered with grass or heather and often underlain by water-soaked peat.
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Moraine
A ridge or hill of rock carried and finally deposited by a glacier.
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More developed countries
MDCs – The world’s wealthier countries.
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Morocco
Location: North Africa Official name: Kingdom of Morocco Formation (date of independence / date current borders were established): 1956 / 1969 Capital city: Rabat Population: 32.4 million / 188 people per sq mile (73 people per sq km) Total land area: 172,316 square miles (446,300 square km) Language(s) spoken: Arabic (official language), Tamazight (Berber), French, …
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Mosque
An Islamic place of worship, where Muslims pray facing toward the holy city of Mecca.
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Mount Kilimanjaro
A volcano in Tanzania in Africa, also Africa’s highest peak.