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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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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Border of word usage or pronunciation






2. Resources such as fossil fuels - which can not be made again.






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






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






5. Highly developed cultures






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






7. Growth to a global or worldwide scale






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






9. Structures built in a traditional manner






10. A distinctive local or regional variant of a language






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






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






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






14. Economy where people consume only what they produce






15. Favorable - attractive conditions that affect migration






16. A language with a writing system






17. Goods brought into a country






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






25. The growth of cities






26. 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






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






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






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






30. Those countries having much technology and manufacturing






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






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






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






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






35. A graph used to show age and sex composition






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






37. Refers to countries that are building up their industries and infrastructure. These countries are generally shifting from an agricultural to an industrial economy.






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






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






40. A visible marker of ethnicity on the landscape






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






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






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






44. Those fleeing from persecution in their country






45. Government ruled by the people






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






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






48. A dialect spoken by a particular ethnic group






49. Well-established language of communication and commerce; not the mother tongue






50. 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