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DSST Cultural Geography

Subjects : dsst, geography
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A language with a writing system






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






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






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






5. An area protected by isolation where a language has survived unchanged






6. Large-scale movement of people between different regions of the world






7. The numerical ratio of males to females






8. 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






9. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






16. Believed population will grow faster than food supply






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






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






19. Place-name






20. Favorable - attractive conditions that affect migration






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






22. The ability to speak 2 languages fluently






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






24. Massacre of a particular group






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






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






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






28. Unfavorable - repelling conditions that affect migration






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






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






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






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






33. Population geography






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






35. Government ruled by the people






36. Contaminated areas where ethnic or racial groups may live






37. Growth to a global or worldwide scale






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






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






40. A visible marker of ethnicity on the landscape






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






42. Annual number of births per 1000 of the population






43. Goods brought into a country






44. Those fleeing from persecution in their country






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






46. A government ruled by a king or queen






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






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






49. A language with a small vocabulary borrowed from another language; used in commerce






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