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DSST Cultural Geography

Subjects : dsst, geography
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The ability to speak 2 languages fluently






2. Highly developed cultures






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






4. A distinctive local or regional variant of a language






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






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






7. A graph used to show age and sex composition






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






9. 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






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






11. The annual number of deaths per 1000 of population






12. Annual number of births per 1000 of the population






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






14. Taxes on imports or exports






15. Those fleeing from persecution in their country






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






17. A limitation on imports






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






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






20. 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






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






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






23. Goods brought into a country






24. The numerical ratio of males to females






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






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






27. A part of a region; more personal - individual - Ex. McHenry






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






29. Economy where people consume only what they produce






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






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






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






33. Growth to a global or worldwide scale






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






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






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






37. A dialect spoken by a particular ethnic group






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






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






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






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






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






43. Border of word usage or pronunciation






44. A language with a writing system






45. A visible marker of ethnicity on the landscape






46. The growth of cities






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






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






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






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