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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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1. Resources that can be renewed






2. The ability to speak 2 languages fluently






3. The raising of plants or animals






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






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






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






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






8. Those countries having much technology and manufacturing






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






10. Contaminated areas where ethnic or racial groups may live






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






12. A visible marker of ethnicity on the landscape






13. Massacre of a particular group






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






15. Growth to a global or worldwide scale






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






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






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






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






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






21. Government ruled by the people






22. Impoverished urban - Hispanic neighborhood






23. Favorable - attractive conditions that affect migration






24. 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






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






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






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






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






29. Believed population will grow faster than food supply






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






31. Original inhabitants of an area






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






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






34. Taxes on imports or exports






35. Population geography






36. Complete bending of ethnic group with host society






37. Border of word usage or pronunciation






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






39. One who can speak many languages






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






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






42. A language with a writing system






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






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






45. Those fleeing from persecution in their country






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






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






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






49. A government ruled by a king or queen






50. A graph used to show age and sex composition