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DSST Cultural Geography

Subjects : dsst, geography
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The absence of trade-distorting policies that give domestic firms - households - or factors of production an advantage over foreign ones






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






3. A limitation on imports






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






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






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






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






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






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






10. To send goods to another country for sale






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






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






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






14. Population geography






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






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






17. The numerical ratio of males to females






18. Taxes on imports or exports






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






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






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






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






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






24. The annual number of deaths per 1000 of population






25. Those countries having much technology and manufacturing






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






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






28. Economy where people consume only what they produce






29. Structures built in a traditional manner






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






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






32. Goods brought into a country






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






34. Favorable - attractive conditions that affect migration






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






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






37. The ability to speak 2 languages fluently






38. Believed population will grow faster than food supply






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






40. Massacre of a particular group






41. A distinctive local or regional variant of a language






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






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






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






45. A government ruled by a king or queen






46. Place-name






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






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






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






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