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






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






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






4. A government ruled by a king or queen






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






6. To send goods to another country for sale






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






8. Population geography






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






10. The ability to speak 2 languages fluently






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






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






13. Structures built in a traditional manner






14. A distinctive local or regional variant of a language






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






16. Believed population will grow faster than food supply






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






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






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






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






21. A language with a writing system






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






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






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






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






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






27. Highly developed cultures






28. Those fleeing from persecution in their country






29. Economy where people consume only what they produce






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






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






32. 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






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






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






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






36. The raising of plants or animals






37. Contaminated areas where ethnic or racial groups may live






38. Massacre of a particular group






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






40. The numerical ratio of males to females






41. Resources that can be renewed






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






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






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






45. Taxes on imports or exports






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






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






48. Annual number of births per 1000 of the population






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






50. A visible marker of ethnicity on the landscape