1. Tariff A tax on imports or exports.

2. 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

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

4. Terrorism The use of violence and threats to intimidate or coerce especially for political purposes

5. Tertiary Economic Activities The portion of the economy concerned with transportation, communications, and utilities.

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

7. Topography The detailed mapping or charting of the features of a relatively small area The relief features of an area

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

9. Totalitarian System Centralized government that exercises dictatorial control over many aspects of life

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

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

12. UN (United Nations)

13. Unitary System A government in which all key powers are given to the national or central government.

14. Urban Centers

15. Urbanization The movement of people from rural areas into cities.

16. Utilization

17. Vegetation All the plants or plant life of a place

18. Vertical Climate Zones

19. Voting Patterns

20. Water Cycle Regular movement of water from Ocean to air to ground and back to the ocean.

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

22. Welfare Financial assistance to an individual or family from a government

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

24. Windward Facing toward the direction from which the wind is blowing Windward side

25. World Trade

26. WTO (World Trade Organization) An international body that oversees trade agreements and settles trade disputes among countries.