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Theocratic
A form of government in which religious leaders control the government, relying on religious law and consultation with religious scholars.
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Theory of island biogeography
A theoretical calculation of the relationship between habitat loss and natural species loss, in which a 90 percent loss of natural forest cover results in a loss of half of the resident species.
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Third world
Third world: the poorer, less-developed parts of the world in Asia, Africa, and Central and South America.
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Three Gorges Dam
A dam began in the late 20th century on the Chang Jiang in China to help control flooding, generate power, and allow ships to sail farther into China.
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Three Kingdoms
The kingdoms formed in Korea’s peninsula by a.d. 300-Koguryo in the northeast, paekche in the southwest, and Silla in the southeast.
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Tierra caliente
A Latin American climatic zone reaching from sea level upward to approximately 3,000 feet (914 m).
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Tierra fría
A Latin American climatic zone found between 6,000 feet (1,800 m) and 12,000 feet (3,600 m) above sea level.
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Tierra helada
A Latin American climatic zone above 10,000 feet (3,048 m) has little vegetation and frequent snow cover.
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Tierra templada
A Latin American climatic zone extending from approximately 3,000 to 6,000 feet (914-1,829 m) above sea level.
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Tigris river
One of the most important rivers of southwest Asia. It supported several ancient river valley civilizations and flowed through parts of Turkey, Syria, and Iraq.
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Time zone
A time zone is an area that observes a uniform standard time for legal, commercial, and social purposes. Time zones tend to follow the boundaries between countries and their subdivisions instead of strictly following longitude because it is convenient for frequent communication areas to keep the same time.
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Togo
Location: West Africa Official name: Republic of Togo Formation (date of independence / date current borders were established): 1960 Capital city: Lomé Population: 6.8 million / 324 people per sq mile (125 people per sq km) Total land area: 21,924 square miles (56,785 square km) Language(s) spoken: Ewe, Kabye, Gurma, French (official language) Main religions: …
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Tokugawa
Shogunate The period 1600 to 1868 in Japan, characterized by a feudal hierarchy and Japan’s isolation from the outside world.
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Tonga
Location: Australasia & Oceania Official name: Kingdom of Tonga Formation (date of independence / date current borders were established): 1970 / 1970 Capital city: Nuku’alofa Population: 105,916 / 381 people per sq mile (147 people per sq km) Total land area: 289 square miles (748 square km) Language(s) spoken: English (official language), Tongan (official language) …
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Topographic map
A general reference map. A representation of natural and human-made features on the earth.
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Topography
The combined characteristics of landforms and their distribution in a region.
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Tornado
A powerful funnel-shaped column of spiraling air.
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Total fertility rate
The total fertility rate gives a figure for the average number of children born per woman if all women lived to the end of their childbearing years and took children according to an offered fertility rate at each age.
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Tradable permits
A proposed mechanism for reducing total global greenhouse gases in which each country would be assigned the right to emit a certain quantity of carbon dioxide, according to its population size, setting the total at an acceptable global standard.
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Trade winds
Streams of air that originate in semipermanent highpressure cells on the margins of the tropics and are attracted equator ward by a semipermanent low-pressure cell.