Basic geography T

Question 1

Taiga

Answer 1

Thick forest of coniferous trees

Question 2

Tariff

Answer 2

Tax on imports or exports

Question 3

Technology

Answer 3

Practical application of knowledge to accomplish a task

Question 4

Temperate

Answer 4

Moderate in terms of temperature

Question 5

Temperate zone

Answer 5

Areas between the high and low latitudes; also known as middle latitudes

Question 6

Temperature

Answer 6

Measure of how hot or cold the air is

Question 7

Terrorism

Answer 7

Use of violence to create fear for political reasons

Question 8

Theocracy

Answer 8

A government run by religious power

Question 9

Time zones

Answer 9

Areas sharing the same time

Question 10

Timeline

Answer 10

Line marked off with a series of events and their dates

Question 11

Tombouctou

Answer 11

City founded around 1100 in modern-day Mali; for centuries, one of the most important cities in west Africa

Question 12

Tornado

Answer 12

Swirling funnel of wind that can reach 200 miles (320 km) per hour

Question 13

Trade

Answer 13

Exchange of goods and services in a market

Question 14

Trade barrier

Answer 14

Something that keeps goods and services from entering a country

Question 15

Traditional economy

Answer 15

Economy in which people make economic decisions based on the customs and habits

Question 16

Treaty

Answer 16

Formal agreement between two or more countries

Question 17

Triangular trade

Answer 17

Three stage trade Pattern that carried goods and enslaved people among Europe, Africa, and the Americas

Question 18

Tribune

Answer 18

Representatives of plebeians in ancient Rome

Question 19

Trinity

Answer 19

Three persons, or forms, of god according to Christian belief: God the father, God the son, and the Holy Spirit

Question 20

Tropical cyclone

Answer 20

Intense rainstorm with strong winds that forms over oceans in the tropics

Question 21

Tropical wet and dry climates

Answer 21

Climate with a wet season and summer in the dry season winter

Question 22

Tropical wet climate

Answer 22

Climate with hot temperatures and heavy rainfall year-round

Question 23

Tropics

Answer 23

Areas between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn; also known as low latitudes

Question 24

Tsar

Answer 24

Ruler of Imperial Russia; a term used by Byzantine rulers, derived from the latin Caesar or king

Question 25

Tsunameter

Answer 25

Scientific instrument that can detect when a tsunami

Question 26

tundra

Answer 26

Area wth limited vegetation, such as Moss and

shrubs

Question 27

Tundra climate

Answer 27

Climate was cool summers and bitter cold, dry winters

Question 28

Typhoon

Answer 28

Storm much like a hurricane

Question 29

Tyranny

Answer 29

Unjust use of power