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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. Government ruled by the people






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






3. A dialect spoken by a particular ethnic group






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






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






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






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






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






9. Population geography






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






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






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






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






14. One who can speak many languages






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






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






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






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






19. Annual number of births per 1000 of the population






20. To send goods to another country for sale






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






22. The ability to speak 2 languages fluently






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






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






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






26. Original inhabitants of an area






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






28. A distinctive local or regional variant of a language






29. Highly developed cultures






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






31. Those countries having much technology and manufacturing






32. Growth to a global or worldwide scale






33. The raising of plants or animals






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






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






36. A language derived from pidgin that has a fuller vocabulary and has become the native language of a group






37. Structures built in a traditional manner






38. Complete bending of ethnic group with host society






39. A graph used to show age and sex composition






40. 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






41. The annual number of deaths per 1000 of population






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






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






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






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






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






47. Border of word usage or pronunciation






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






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






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