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DSST Cultural Geography

Subjects : dsst, geography
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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






2. A graph used to show age and sex composition






3. Favorable - attractive conditions that affect migration






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






5. The raising of plants or animals






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






7. Original inhabitants of an area






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






9. Highly developed cultures






10. The annual number of deaths per 1000 of population






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






12. Economy where people consume only what they produce






13. A limitation on imports






14. Structures built in a traditional manner






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






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






17. The numerical ratio of males to females






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






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






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






21. To send goods to another country for sale






22. A government ruled by a king or queen






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






24. 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






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






26. Annual number of births per 1000 of the population






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






28. Growth to a global or worldwide scale






29. Goods brought into a country






30. A language with a writing system






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






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






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






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






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






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






37. Believed population will grow faster than food supply






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






39. All physical - tangible objects made & used by a group; Example; clothes - books - desks....






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






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






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






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






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






45. Place-name






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






47. Border of word usage or pronunciation






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






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






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