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a system of government in which the ministers of the executive branch get their democratic legitimacy from the legislature and are accountable to that body, such that the | Parliamentary |
a usually large farm or estate, especially in a tropical or semitropical country, on which cotton, tobacco, coffee, sugar cane, or the like is cultivated, usually by resident laborers. | Plantation |
a violent storm that has wind speeds high than 74 mph | hurricane |
a thin strip of land that connects to larger pieces of land | isthmus |
a farm on a small plot of land that only grows enough food for the family | subsistence farm |
the cover formed by the leafy upper branches of the trees in a forest, shades everything | canopy |
tourists that travel over the world to look at natural beauties | eco-tourists |
the percent of the people in a country that can reads and write | Literacy rate |
a state in which the supreme power rests in the body of citizens entitled to vote and is exercised by representatives chosen directly or indirectly by them. | Republic |
a government based off of voting, everyone has a say | Democracy |