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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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Mollisols
Thick, productive, and durable soils, such as the chernozem, whose fertility comes from abundant humus in the top layer.
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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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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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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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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.