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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. Government ruled by the people






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






4. 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






5. The raising of plants or animals






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






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






8. A language with a small vocabulary borrowed from another language; used in commerce






9. A graph used to show age and sex composition






10. The numerical ratio of males to females






11. Massacre of a particular group






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






13. A government ruled by a king or queen






14. Place-name






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






16. The ability to speak 2 languages fluently






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






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






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






20. An area of city where ethnic group lives by choice or by force






21. The study of spatial patterns & of differences & similarities from one place to another in Environment and culture; to write about the earth






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






23. A limitation on imports






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






25. Population geography






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






33. Border of word usage or pronunciation






34. A distinctive local or regional variant of a language






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






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






37. Growth to a global or worldwide scale






38. Contaminated areas where ethnic or racial groups may live






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






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






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






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






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






44. A language with a writing system






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






46. A dialect spoken by a particular ethnic group






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






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






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






50. Taxes on imports or exports