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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |