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






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






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






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






5. Wide range of tales - legends - lore - beliefs - superstitions






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






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






8. 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






9. Impoverished urban - Hispanic neighborhood






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






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






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






13. Original inhabitants of an area






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






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






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






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






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






19. Place-name






20. Government ruled by the people






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






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






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






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






25. A distinctive local or regional variant of a language






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






27. The growth of cities






28. The ability to speak 2 languages fluently






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






30. A limitation on imports






31. Border of word usage or pronunciation






32. The annual number of deaths per 1000 of population






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






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






35. A government ruled by a king or queen






36. 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






37. A visible marker of ethnicity on the landscape






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






39. Those countries having much technology and manufacturing






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






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






42. Structures built in a traditional manner






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






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






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






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






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






48. Massacre of a particular group






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






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







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