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DSST Cultural Geography

Subjects : dsst, geography
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A type of expansion diffusion where an innovation spreads very quickly - like a fast spreading disease






2. 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






3. 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






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






5. The annual number of deaths per 1000 of population






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






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






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






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






10. A dialect spoken by a particular ethnic group






11. A graph used to show age and sex composition






12. The ability to speak 2 languages fluently






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






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






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






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






17. A distinctive local or regional variant of a language






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






19. Resources that can be renewed






20. Taxes on imports or exports






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






22. A form of a language spoken in a certain geographical region that has its own grammar - pronunciation - and vocabulary.






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






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






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






26. Contaminated areas where ethnic or racial groups may live






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






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






29. Original inhabitants of an area






30. Spread of an innovation that occurs by physically moving to a new area bringing the innovation with you






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






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






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






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






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






36. Economy where people consume only what they produce






37. Government ruled by the people






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






39. A government ruled by a king or queen






40. Border of word usage or pronunciation






41. A visible marker of ethnicity on the landscape






42. 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






43. Those countries having much technology and manufacturing






44. The belief that cultures are directly shaped by the physical environment






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






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






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






48. The growth of cities






49. Highly developed cultures






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