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DSST Cultural Geography

Subjects : dsst, geography
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Voluntary movement of a group of migrants back to native country






2. A graph used to show age and sex composition






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






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






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






6. Favorable - attractive conditions that affect migration






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






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






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






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






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






12. The raising of plants or animals






13. Unfavorable - repelling conditions that affect migration






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






15. Resources that can be renewed






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






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






18. One who can speak many languages






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






20. Original inhabitants of an area






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






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






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






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






25. Those fleeing from persecution in their country






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






27. Complete bending of ethnic group with host society






28. Those countries having much technology and manufacturing






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






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






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






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






33. The growth of cities






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






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






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






37. Place-name






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






39. Border of word usage or pronunciation






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






48. 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






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






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