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






2. Complete bending of ethnic group with host society






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






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






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






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






7. Economy where people consume only what they produce






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






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






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






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






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






13. Goods brought into a country






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






15. Impoverished urban - Hispanic neighborhood






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






17. To send goods to another country for sale






18. A collection of languages with a common origin but split into languages






19. Taxes on imports or exports






20. A graph used to show age and sex composition






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






22. Favorable - attractive conditions that affect migration






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






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






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






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






27. The removal of an unwanted ethnic minority from a nation-state through mass-killing - deportation - or imprisonment






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






29. A form of a language spoken in a certain geographical region that has its own grammar - pronunciation - and vocabulary.






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






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






32. A language with a writing system






33. Population geography






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






35. Original inhabitants of an area






36. 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






37. Those countries having much technology and manufacturing






38. 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






39. The numerical ratio of males to females






40. A distinctive local or regional variant of a language






41. A visible marker of ethnicity on the landscape






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






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






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






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






46. 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






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






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






49. A limitation on imports






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