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






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






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






4. Massacre of a particular group






5. Favorable - attractive conditions that affect migration






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






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






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






9. A language with a writing system






10. Impoverished urban - Hispanic neighborhood






11. A dialect spoken by a particular ethnic group






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






13. Economy where people consume only what they produce






14. Things found in nature that people can use to meet their needs






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






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






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






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






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






20. Place-name






21. The growth of cities






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






23. Total way of life held in common by a group of people; speech - behavior - beliefs - practices






24. Highly developed cultures






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






26. A visible marker of ethnicity on the landscape






27. Unfavorable - repelling conditions that affect migration






28. Goods brought into a country






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






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






31. A graph used to show age and sex composition






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






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






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






35. Contaminated areas where ethnic or racial groups may live






36. Government ruled by the people






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






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






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






40. A distinctive local or regional variant of a language






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






42. Those fleeing from persecution in their country






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






44. The annual number of deaths per 1000 of population






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






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






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






48. Original inhabitants of an area






49. Resources that can be renewed






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