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






2. The ability to speak 2 languages fluently






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






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






5. Goods brought into a country






6. The raising of plants or animals






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






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






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






10. Impoverished urban - Hispanic neighborhood






11. A limitation on imports






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






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






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






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






16. Unfavorable - repelling conditions that affect migration






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






18. Massacre of a particular group






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






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






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






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






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






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






25. 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






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






27. Original inhabitants of an area






28. Those countries having much technology and manufacturing






29. A government ruled by a king or queen






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






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






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. A distinctive local or regional variant of a language






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






35. Complete bending of ethnic group with host society






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






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






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






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






40. Spread of an innovation that occurs by physically moving to a new area bringing the innovation with you






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






42. Annual number of births per 1000 of the population






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






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






45. A language with a writing system






46. A visible marker of ethnicity on the landscape






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






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






49. Things found in nature that people can use to meet their needs






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