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DSST Cultural Geography

Subjects : dsst, geography
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Refers to countries that are building up their industries and infrastructure. These countries are generally shifting from an agricultural to an industrial economy.






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






3. The annual number of deaths per 1000 of population






4. Impoverished urban - Hispanic neighborhood






5. The growth of cities






6. Economy where people consume only what they produce






7. One who can speak many languages






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






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






10. A limitation on imports






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






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






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






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






15. Government ruled by the people






16. Complete bending of ethnic group with host society






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






18. Resources that can be renewed






19. Growth to a global or worldwide scale






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






21. Believed population will grow faster than food supply






22. A collection of languages that are related because of a common ancestor






23. Favorable - attractive conditions that affect migration






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






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






26. A graph used to show age and sex composition






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






28. Unfavorable - repelling conditions that affect migration






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






30. Population geography






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






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






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






34. Annual number of births per 1000 of the population






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






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






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






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






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






40. Those fleeing from persecution in their country






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






42. The numerical ratio of males to females






43. Original inhabitants of an area






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






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






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






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






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






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






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