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






2. Unfavorable - repelling conditions that affect migration






3. Favorable - attractive conditions that affect migration






4. The numerical ratio of males to females






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






6. Believed population will grow faster than food supply






7. Place-name






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






9. Original inhabitants of an area






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






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






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






13. The growth of cities






14. A government ruled by a king or queen






15. Complete bending of ethnic group with host society






16. To send goods to another country for sale






17. Economy where people consume only what they produce






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






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






20. 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






21. The ability to speak 2 languages fluently






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






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






24. Massacre of a particular group






25. A graph used to show age and sex composition






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






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






28. Those countries having much technology and manufacturing






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






30. Resources that can be renewed






31. The annual number of deaths per 1000 of population






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






40. Structures built in a traditional manner






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






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






43. Goods brought into a country






44. Leave one's country of residence for a new one






45. A visible marker of ethnicity on the landscape






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






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






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






49. Annual number of births per 1000 of the population






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