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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. Those fleeing from persecution in their country






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






3. Resources that can be renewed






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






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






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






7. Impoverished urban - Hispanic neighborhood






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






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






10. The number of children the average woman will bear during her reproductive years






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






12. The ability to speak 2 languages fluently






13. One who can speak many languages






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






15. A language with a writing system






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






17. A limitation on imports






18. 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






19. Goods brought into a country






20. Highly developed cultures






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






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






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






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






25. A graph used to show age and sex composition






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






38. Growth to a global or worldwide scale






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






40. A group of people who share a common acestry or traditions living as a minority in a larger society






41. Massacre of a particular group






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






43. To send goods to another country for sale






44. Structures built in a traditional manner






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






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






47. A distinctive local or regional variant of a language






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






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






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