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DSST Cultural Geography

Subjects : dsst, geography
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1. The growth of cities






2. Government ruled by the people






3. Impoverished urban - Hispanic neighborhood






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






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






6. Place-name






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






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






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






10. The numerical ratio of males to females






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






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






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






14. The forceful taking of territory by a distant state - often involving the displacement of indigenous populations to make way for other settlers






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






16. 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






17. Taxes on imports or exports






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






25. A visible marker of ethnicity on the landscape






26. The annual number of deaths per 1000 of population






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






28. A government ruled by a king or queen






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






30. Population geography






31. Structures built in a traditional manner






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






33. Massacre of a particular group






34. The raising of plants or animals






35. To send goods to another country for sale






36. Contaminated areas where ethnic or racial groups may live






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






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






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






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






41. Those fleeing from persecution in their country






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






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






44. Resources that can be renewed






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






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






47. 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






48. One who can speak many languages






49. A stabilized population created when an average of only 2 children per couple survive to adulthood so that the number of births equals the number of deaths






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







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