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DSST Cultural Geography

Subjects : dsst, geography
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. To send goods to another country for sale






2. The growth of cities






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






4. Border of word usage or pronunciation






5. Massacre of a particular group






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






13. A distinctive local or regional variant of a language






14. A graph used to show age and sex composition






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






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






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






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






19. Impoverished urban - Hispanic neighborhood






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






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






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






23. Goods brought into a country






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






25. The numerical ratio of males to females






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






27. Complete bending of ethnic group with host society






28. Those countries having much technology and manufacturing






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






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






31. A visible marker of ethnicity on the landscape






32. A language with a writing system






33. Those fleeing from persecution in their country






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






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






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






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






38. Contaminated areas where ethnic or racial groups may live






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






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






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






42. The annual number of deaths per 1000 of population






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






44. Economy where people consume only what they produce






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






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






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






48. Growth to a global or worldwide scale






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






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