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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. The ability to speak 2 languages fluently






2. Unfavorable - repelling conditions that affect migration






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






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






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






6. Border of word usage or pronunciation






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






8. A limitation on imports






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






10. Favorable - attractive conditions that affect migration






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






12. Goods brought into a country






13. Population geography






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






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






16. A government ruled by a king or queen






17. The raising of plants or animals






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






19. Place-name






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






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






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






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






24. Structures built in a traditional manner






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






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






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






28. Contaminated areas where ethnic or racial groups may live






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






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






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






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






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






34. Massacre of a particular group






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






36. Taxes on imports or exports






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






38. The numerical ratio of males to females






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






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






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






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






43. 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






44. Annual number of births per 1000 of the population






45. The annual number of deaths per 1000 of population






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






47. Government ruled by the people






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






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






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