Saturday, February 5, 2011

Weekly Vocabulary Word - 2/7/11

1. Tariff – tax on foreign goods brought into a country. An official schedule of taxes
imposed by a government on imports or exports

2. Taxes – required payments of money made to governments by households and business
firms.

3. Theory – a set of principle that can be used to make inferences about the world.

4. Urbanization – a process in which there is an increase in the percentage of people
living/working in cities and towns.

5. Vigilante - One who takes or advocates the taking of law enforcement into one's own
hands.