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






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






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






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






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






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






7. Massacre of a particular group






8. The annual number of deaths per 1000 of population






9. The growth of cities






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






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






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






13. Structures built in a traditional manner






14. Annual number of births per 1000 of the population






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






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






17. The ability to speak 2 languages fluently






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






19. A dialect spoken by a particular ethnic group






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






21. Economy where people consume only what they produce






22. Growth to a global or worldwide scale






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






24. To send goods to another country for sale






25. Border of word usage or pronunciation






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






27. Complete bending of ethnic group with host society






28. A language with a writing system






29. Original inhabitants of an area






30. A graph used to show age and sex composition






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






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






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






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






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






36. Believed population will grow faster than food supply






37. Favorable - attractive conditions that affect migration






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






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






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






41. Place-name






42. Taxes on imports or exports






43. Highly developed cultures






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






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






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






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






48. Goods brought into a country






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






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