A | B |
theocracy | form of government where priests serve as kings |
Third World | developing nations that share common economic goals & problems |
tithe | payment to the Church of 10% of a person's income |
topography | physical features of a region |
totalitarian state | country where the government is a single-party dictatorship that controls every aspect of citizen's lives |
totalitarianism | political system where the government has a single-party dicatorship & controls every aspect of citizen's lives |
tribe | group of related families who have a common ancestor |
tribalism | loyalty & devotion to one's tribe as opposed to one's nation |
tyranny | government headed by a single individual who seizes power by force |
univesal suffrage | right or privilege of voting extended to all |
urbanization | quality or state of changing over from rural villages to cities |
usury | Middle Ages; practice of lending $ for interest |
welfare state | state in which the government assures responsibility for people's social & economic well-being |
westernization | adoption of western ideas & customs by nonwestern nations |
zaibatsu | wealthy Japanese families who bought the chief industries of the country in 1880s & dominate Japanese economy |