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






2. 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






3. Contaminated areas where ethnic or racial groups may live






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






5. Taxes on imports or exports






6. Goods brought into a country






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






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






9. To send goods to another country for sale






10. Population geography






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






12. A limitation on imports






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






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






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






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






17. The raising of plants or animals






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






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






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






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






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






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






24. Growth to a global or worldwide scale






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






26. Believed population will grow faster than food supply






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






28. 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






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






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






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






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






33. Tendency of people to migrate to the same area over time; as on goes - so do others






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






35. Government ruled by the people






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






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






38. A visible marker of ethnicity on the landscape






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






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






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






42. A graph used to show age and sex composition






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






44. Place-name






45. Impoverished urban - Hispanic neighborhood






46. A government ruled by a king or queen






47. The numerical ratio of males to females






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






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






50. The growth of cities