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DSST Cultural Geography

Subjects : dsst, geography
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The annual number of deaths per 1000 of population






2. Economy where people consume only what they produce






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






4. Impoverished urban - Hispanic neighborhood






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






6. 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






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






8. 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






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






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






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






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






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






14. Annual number of births per 1000 of the population






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






16. To send goods to another country for sale






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






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






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






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






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






22. The forceful taking of territory by a distant state - often involving the displacement of indigenous populations to make way for other settlers






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






24. A dialect spoken by a particular ethnic group






25. One who can speak many languages






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






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






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






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






30. Favorable - attractive conditions that affect migration






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






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






33. Border of word usage or pronunciation






34. Goods brought into a country






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






36. Growth to a global or worldwide scale






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






38. A government ruled by a king or queen






39. Taxes on imports or exports






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






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






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






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






44. Those countries having much technology and manufacturing






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






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






47. A barrier that permits some aspects of an innovation to diffuse through it but weakens continued spread






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






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






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






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