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DSST Cultural Geography

Subjects : dsst, geography
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The average number of people in a square mile or square kilometer.






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






3. Border of word usage or pronunciation






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






5. The annual number of deaths per 1000 of population






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






7. A limitation on imports






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






9. Complete bending of ethnic group with host society






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






11. A government ruled by a king or queen






12. The ability to speak 2 languages fluently






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






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






15. 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






16. Resources that can be renewed






17. A language with a writing system






18. Taxes on imports or exports






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






20. 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






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






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






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. Government ruled by the people






25. Goods brought into a country






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






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






28. Believed population will grow faster than food supply






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






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






31. Wide range of tales - legends - lore - beliefs - superstitions






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






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






34. The raising of plants or animals






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






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






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






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






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






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






41. A dialect spoken by a particular ethnic group






42. 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






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






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






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






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






47. Massacre of a particular group






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






49. Those countries having much technology and manufacturing






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