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






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






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






4. Contaminated areas where ethnic or racial groups may live






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






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






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






8. Complete bending of ethnic group with host society






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






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






11. Economy where people consume only what they produce






12. Border of word usage or pronunciation






13. 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






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






15. Place-name






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






17. A dialect spoken by a particular ethnic group






18. Impoverished urban - Hispanic neighborhood






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






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






21. Highly developed cultures






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






23. 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






24. Government ruled by the people






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






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






27. Structures built in a traditional manner






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






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






30. A government ruled by a king or queen






31. A limitation on imports






32. Goods brought into a country






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






34. Annual number of births per 1000 of the population






35. Growth to a global or worldwide scale






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






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






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






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






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






41. The growth of cities






42. 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






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






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






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






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






47. A language with a writing system






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






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






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