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DSST Cultural Geography

Subjects : dsst, geography
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. The belief that cultures are directly shaped by the physical environment






2. Annual number of births per 1000 of the population






3. An area in the suburbs where a particular ethnic group resides






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






5. Growth to a global or worldwide scale






6. The young and the old in a society who need care






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






8. A doctrine that proposes women are inherently better Environmental preservationists than men






9. Economy where people consume only what they produce






10. To send goods to another country for sale






11. The number of children the average woman will bear during her reproductive years






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






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






14. The raising of plants or animals






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






16. A severe shortage of food (as through crop failure) resulting in violent hunger and starvation and death






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






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






19. The annual number of deaths per 1000 of population






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






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






22. A cultivation system that features the interpolating of trees with field crops






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






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






25. The spread of ideas - customs - and technologies from one people to another






26. Those countries having much technology and manufacturing






27. Resources that can be renewed






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






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






30. A distinctive local or regional variant of a language






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






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






33. Taxes on imports or exports






34. Massacre of a particular group






35. Structures built in a traditional manner






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






37. Believed population will grow faster than food supply






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






39. Forced displacement of a population by government policy - violence - disease - war - enslavement - natural disaster - or ethnic cleansing






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






41. One who can speak many languages






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






43. Government ruled by the people






44. A visible marker of ethnicity on the landscape






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






46. A limitation on imports






47. A language with a writing system






48. A stabilized population created when an average of only 2 children per couple survive to adulthood so that the number of births equals the number of deaths






49. Impoverished urban - Hispanic neighborhood






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