Migration & Cultural Diffusion

Multiple Choice

Soccer is a sport that first began in England, but this cultural tradition has spread around the world. It is an example of how ideas, culture, and art can spread as people move from place to place. The spread of soccer is an example of cultural __________.

• Conquest

• Intention

• Diffusion

• Technology

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A migrant is __________.

• a reason to leave a place

• A person who moves from one place to another

• A factor that encourages people to move

• A piece of culture that is spread from one place to another

Multiple Choice

Push factors are __________.

• Reason to leave a place

• benefits in other places

• Reasons to go to a new place

• pieces of culture that spread from place to place

Multiple Choice

When culture spreads through things like television, the Internet, and radio, this is called cultural diffusion through __________.

• Technology

• Conquest

• Migration

Multiple Choice

Pull factors are __________.

• Pieces of culture that spread from place to place

• Reasons to go to a new place

• Forces that make a person move involuntarily

Multiple Choice

When Americans moved west in the 1800s, they did this for many reasons. Which of the following reasons is an example of a pull factor that encouraged Americans to migrate?

• There was not enough land available in the southern states

• There was plenty of land and resources available out West

• There were few jobs available in the east

• There was unfair treatment in the eastern states

Multiple Choice

Diffusion is best described as the act of __________.

• Forcing people to migrate

• Moving to a new country

• Spreading something from one place to another

• Encouraging people to move to a new home

Multiple Choice

Colonization involves ____________ an area.

• Farming

• Clearing

• Settling or colonizing

• Plundering

Multiple Choice

Conquering involves what type of force?

• Military

• Directional

• Magnetic

• Diplomatic

Multiple Choice

When culture spreads because one country has defeated another in war, this is called cultural diffusion through __________.

• Conquest

• Technology

• Movement

• Migration