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DSST Cultural Geography

Subjects : dsst, geography
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Landscapes that express the values - beliefs - & meanings of a particular culture






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






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






4. Contaminated areas where ethnic or racial groups may live






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






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






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






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






9. Border of word usage or pronunciation






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






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






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






13. To send goods to another country for sale






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






15. Growth to a global or worldwide scale






16. 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






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






18. Resources that can be renewed






19. A language with a writing system






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






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






22. Economy where people consume only what they produce






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






24. Favorable - attractive conditions that affect migration






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






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






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






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






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






30. 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






31. One who can speak many languages






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






33. The annual number of deaths per 1000 of population






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






35. The ability to speak 2 languages fluently






36. Goods brought into a country






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






38. Taxes on imports or exports






39. Government ruled by the people






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






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






42. Words and phrases not part of a standard - recognized language






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






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






45. 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






46. A distinctive local or regional variant of a language






47. Annual number of births per 1000 of the population






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






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






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







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