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DSST Cultural Geography

Subjects : dsst, geography
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The spread of innovations within an area in a snowballing process; users increase & area of occurrence grows






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






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






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






5. A distinctive local or regional variant of a language






6. Growth to a global or worldwide scale






7. A visible marker of ethnicity on the landscape






8. Economy where people consume only what they produce






9. Impoverished urban - Hispanic neighborhood






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






11. A government ruled by a king or queen






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






13. A graph used to show age and sex composition






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






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






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






17. The raising of plants or animals






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






19. Original inhabitants of an area






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






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






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






23. The numerical ratio of males to females






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






25. Goods brought into a country






26. Government ruled by the people






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






28. Population geography






29. Unfavorable - repelling conditions that affect migration






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






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






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






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






34. The average number of people in a square mile or square kilometer.






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






36. Believed population will grow faster than food supply






37. Taxes on imports or exports






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






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






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






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






42. Annual number of births per 1000 of the population






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






44. A dialect spoken by a particular ethnic group






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






46. The ability to speak 2 languages fluently






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






48. Resources that can be renewed






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






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