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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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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. An area in the suburbs where a particular ethnic group resides






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






10. Those countries having much technology and manufacturing






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






12. 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






13. Structures built in a traditional manner






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






15. Massacre of a particular group






16. A limitation on imports






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






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






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






20. Contaminated areas where ethnic or racial groups may live






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






22. Economy where people consume only what they produce






23. Impoverished urban - Hispanic neighborhood






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






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






26. Highly developed cultures






27. Complete bending of ethnic group with host society






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






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






30. A voluntary community where people of like origin live by choice






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






32. Favorable - attractive conditions that affect migration






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






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






35. 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






36. Population geography






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






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






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






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






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






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






43. 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






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






45. A language with a writing system






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






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






48. A dialect spoken by a particular ethnic group






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






50. A visible marker of ethnicity on the landscape