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






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






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






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






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






6. A government ruled by a king or queen






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






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






9. Population geography






10. A distinctive local or regional variant of a language






11. Contaminated areas where ethnic or racial groups may live






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






13. A graph used to show age and sex composition






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






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






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






17. Impoverished urban - Hispanic neighborhood






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






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






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






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






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






23. 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






24. The raising of plants or animals






25. Favorable - attractive conditions that affect migration






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






27. Those countries having much technology and manufacturing






28. Unfavorable - repelling conditions that affect migration






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






36. Annual number of births per 1000 of the population






37. Economy where people consume only what they produce






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






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






40. Original inhabitants of an area






41. 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






42. Government ruled by the people






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






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






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






46. The annual number of deaths per 1000 of population






47. Believed population will grow faster than food supply






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






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






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