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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. Annual number of births per 1000 of the population






2. A person forced to leave her or his home or country seeking protection from danger






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






4. The forceful taking of territory by a distant state - often involving the displacement of indigenous populations to make way for other settlers






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






6. A grouping of like places or the functional union of places into a spatial unit






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






8. A language derived from pidgin that has a fuller vocabulary and has become the native language of a group






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






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






11. A collection of languages that are related because of a common ancestor






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






13. Believed population will grow faster than food supply






14. The study of the relationships between people & the places where they live






15. Favorable - attractive conditions that affect migration






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






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






18. A limitation on imports






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






20. Growth to a global or worldwide scale






21. Contaminated areas where ethnic or racial groups may live






22. Massacre of a particular group






23. A group of people who share a common acestry or traditions living as a minority in a larger society






24. All physical - tangible objects made & used by a group; Example; clothes - books - desks....






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






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






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






28. Impoverished urban - Hispanic neighborhood






29. The belief that cultures are directly shaped by the physical environment






30. Resources that can be renewed






31. A type of expansion diffusion in which a specific trait fails to spread but the underlying idea is accepted - Example: Reindeer






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






33. A belief - theory that the Environment may be one influence in how a person or culture develops but that there are other equally important factors






34. Border of word usage or pronunciation






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






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






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






38. A government ruled by a king or queen






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






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






41. 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






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






43. A form of a language spoken in a certain geographical region that has its own grammar - pronunciation - and vocabulary.






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






45. Those fleeing from persecution in their country






46. Spread of an innovation that occurs by physically moving to a new area bringing the innovation with you






47. A dialect spoken by a particular ethnic group






48. An area of city where ethnic group lives by choice or by force






49. An ethnic group adopts some ways of the host society to be able to function economically and socially






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







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