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DSST Cultural Geography

Subjects : dsst, geography
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Refers to countries that are building up their industries and infrastructure. These countries are generally shifting from an agricultural to an industrial economy.






2. A voluntary community where people of like origin live by choice






3. The average number of people in a square mile or square kilometer.






4. The absence of trade-distorting policies that give domestic firms - households - or factors of production an advantage over foreign ones






5. The binding together of all the lands & peoples of the world into an integrated system driven by the marketplace; homogenization






6. The ability of people - ideas - or things to move freely through space






7. Unfavorable - repelling conditions that affect migration






8. Structures built in a traditional manner






9. The method used to answer these three questions: what goods and services to produce -how to produce them - and who will recieve them.






10. Words and phrases not part of a standard - recognized language






11. The spread of elements of culture from one point of origin over an area






12. A type of expansion diffusion where an innovation spreads very quickly - like a fast spreading disease






13. Group of people who share common ancestry - language - religion - customs - or combination of such characteristics






14. A country that is poorly developed - with citizens whos main income is agriculture. 'low income nations'






15. A barrier that completely halts the diffusion or spread of an innovation; completely blocks






16. Place-name






17. Goods brought into a country






18. Total way of life held in common by a group of people; speech - behavior - beliefs - practices






19. Visible - genetic differences among groups; physical - biological






20. The study of spatial patterns & of differences & similarities from one place to another in Environment and culture; to write about the earth






21. Immigrants introduce some traditions to new land - but less complex than those in the old country






22. Impoverished urban - Hispanic neighborhood






23. A visible marker of ethnicity on the landscape






24. A limitation on imports






25. Things found in nature that people can use to meet their needs






26. Landscapes that express the values - beliefs - & meanings of a particular culture






27. The removal of an unwanted ethnic minority from a nation-state through mass-killing - deportation - or imprisonment






28. A graph used to show age and sex composition






29. Border of word usage or pronunciation






30. A group of people with norms - values - & material practices that differentiate them from the dominate culture






31. Number of people out of every 1 -000 who die in a year






32. Culture based in large - heterogeneous societies permitting individualism - CHANGE - money - economy - weakened interpersonal relationships.






33. A language with a writing system






34. The spread of innovations within an area in a snowballing process; users increase & area of occurrence grows






35. Number of live births per 1000 population in a given year






36. A barrier that permits some aspects of an innovation to diffuse through it but weakens continued spread






37. A part of a region; more personal - individual - Ex. McHenry






38. Small - cohesive - conservative - isolated - nerly self-sufficient group that is homogeneous in custom and race






39. Leave one's country of residence for a new one






40. A mutually agreed on system of symbolic communication for speaking and/or writing






41. A dialect spoken by a particular ethnic group






42. A government in which the people have no rights; one person or a small group of people rule the country by force and make all the laws






43. Tendency of people to migrate to the same area over time; as on goes - so do others






44. Belief that culture depends more on what people perceive the Environment to be than on the actual character of the Environment






45. Government ruled by the people






46. Favorable - attractive conditions that affect migration






47. An independent country dominated by a relatively homogeneous culture group






48. An area in which a group of people share a similar culture and language






49. A collection of languages with a common origin but split into languages






50. Voluntary movement of a group of migrants back to native country