Tariff

• A tax on imports or exports.

Telecommunications

• Transmission of information as words, sounds, or images, usually over great distances, in the form of electromagnetic signals, as by telegraph, telephone, radio, or tv

Terracing

• Used in farming to cultivate sloped land- decreases erosion and surface run-off.

Terrorism

• The use of violence and threats to intimidate or coerce especially for political purposes

Tertiary Economic Activities • The portion of the

economy concerned with transportation, communications, and utilities.

Theocracy

• A form of government in which god or a deity is recognized as the supreme civil ruler

Topography

• The detailed mapping or charting of the features of a relatively small area

• The relief features of an area

Tornado

• A localized, violently destructive windstorm over land, especially in the Mid West, and characterized by a long, funnel-shaped cloud

Totalitarian System

• Centralized government that exercises dictatorial control over many aspects of life

Traditional Economy

• A system in which tradition and custom control all economic activity; exists in only a few parts of the world today.

Tsunami

• Japanese term used for a huge sea wave caused by an undersea earthquake.

UN (United Nations)

Unitary System

• A government in which all key powers are given to the national or central government.

Urban Centers

Urbanization

• The movement of people from rural areas into cities.

Utilization

Vegetation

• All the plants or plant life of a place

Vertical Climate Zones

Voting Patterns

Water Cycle • Regular movement of water from Ocean to

air to ground and back to the ocean.

Weather

• Condition of the atmosphere in one place during a short period of time.

Welfare

• Financial assistance to an individual or family from a government

Westernization

• To influence with ideas, customs, practices, etc., characteristic of the western countries

Windward

• Facing toward the direction from which the wind is blowing

Windward side

World Trade

WTO (World Trade Organization)

• An international body that oversees trade agreements and settles trade disputes among countries.