Diffusion of Culture and Cultural Traits

Cultural diffusion describes

• how culture is used
• how culture affects peoples
• how culture spreads
• how culture develops

An example of expansion diffusion is

• drinking ice tea in the South
• eating whale meat in the Arctic
• having a bowl of noodles in China
• eating a tamale in the Yucatan

Hierarchical diffusion is spread by 

• one community member tothe next
• skipping from one community to another
• one community leader to another and then to the community
• books

Contagious diffusion spreads like a 

• disease
• thought
• science fiction movie
• taste for mare's milk

Relocation diffusion often occurs when a people

• a relative moves
• shop at the same name brand store in different cities
• bring their cultural traditions with them 
• change the dialect of their language

Stimulus diffusion is like eating

• a hot dog at a baseball game in St. Louis
• a black hot dog with daikon and soy sauce in Japan
• eating a bratwurst sandwich in Germany
• eating a hot dog with no relish

Cultural geography is the study of 

• Global customs and artifacts
• The spatial distribution of cultural traits
• Human-environment relationships
• How cultures change through time

Which of the following in NOT an example of a cultural landscape

• The street patterns around a mosque
• A rain forest
• Agricultural terracing up a mountainside
• An airport runway

Practicing yoga and wearing bangles is an example of 

• animism
• Christianity
• acculturation
• maladaptive diffustion

When one culture disappears into a more dominant culture, the process is called

• subsumance
• appropriation
• integration
• assimilation