Chapter 7 Definitions
Terms
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- isthmus
- narrow piece of land that llinks two larger areas of land
- cooperatives
- farms owned and operated by the government
- commonwealth
- partly self-governing territory
- parliamentary democracy
- elected legistlature chooses a prime minister to head the government
- literacy rate
- percentage of people who can read and write
- republics
- elected presidents as head of government
- embargo
- ban on trade
- futbol
- soccer
- ecotourists
- people who travel to other countries to enjoy national wonders
- free trade zones
- areas where people can buy goods from other countries without paying taxes
- canopy
- topmost layer of the rainforest
- archipelagos
- groups of islands
- bauxite
- a mineral used to make aluminum
- communist state
- government leaders have strong control of the economy and society as a whole