A group of persons that has the duty and power of making laws for a state or country.

A written request to someone in authority for some right or privilege, often signed by many people.

A plan of government.

A person chosen to represent others.

A school above the elementary school level.

A system for managing, producing, and delivering goods and services.

A crop grown to be sold rather than used by the people who grow it.

A machine that separates cotton from the seeds.

A person who buys and sells goods for a profit.

A large farm on which a single crop, such as cotton, tobacco, sugar cane, rubber trees, etc., is grown.

Money left over after a business pays its costs.

The practice of owning people and forcing them to work.

A food product or crop that used and needed all the time.

A set of laws and rules.