North America
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| federal republic | form of government in which the national and state governments share powers
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| commonwealth | partly self-governing territory
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| embargo | order that restricts or prohibits trade with another country
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| migrant worker | person who travels from place to place when extra help is needed to plant or harvest crops
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| adobe | sun-dried clay bricks
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| colony | overseas territory or settlement tied to a parent country
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| subsistence farms | small plot where a farmer grows only enough food to feed his own family
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| rural | relating to the countryside
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| urban | relating to the city
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| amend | to change the basic laws of a government
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| fossil fuel | fuel formed in the earth, such as coal, oil, or natural gas
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| free enterprise system | economic system that operates on free competition, in which people start and own businesses with limited government intervention
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| megalopolis | huge urban settlement made up of several large cities
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| prime minister | official who heads the government in a parliamentary democracy
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| parliamentary democracy | system of democratic government where the executive power is held by a cabinet composed of members of the legislature; headed by a prime minister
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| dominion | self-governing nation that accepts the British monarch as head of state
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| autonomy | right of self-government
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| NAFTA | free trade agreement among United States, Mexico, and Canada
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| tundra | vast, rolling, treeless plain in high latitude climates in which only the top few inches of ground thaw in summer
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| bilingual | having or expressed in two languages; able to use two languages with fluency
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| indigenous | native to or originating from a place
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| province | regional political division similar to a state
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