4 Types of Diffusion
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11th - 12th Grade
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This quiz focuses on cultural diffusion in human geography, specifically the four primary types of spatial diffusion patterns. The content is appropriate for grades 11-12, as it requires students to analyze complex geographic concepts and apply theoretical frameworks to real-world scenarios. Students need a solid understanding of how cultural innovations, ideas, and practices spread across space and time through different mechanisms. The core concepts include hierarchical diffusion (spread through power structures or urban hierarchies), contagious diffusion (spread through direct contact in nearby areas), stimulus diffusion (spread with modification of the original idea), and relocation diffusion (spread through physical movement of people). Students must demonstrate higher-order thinking skills by distinguishing between these patterns, analyzing case studies involving fashion trends, religious syncretism, and celebrity influence, and connecting abstract definitions to concrete examples. Created by Judit Varro, a Geography teacher in Hong Kong who teaches grades 11-12. This quiz serves as an excellent tool for reinforcing foundational concepts in cultural geography and spatial analysis. Teachers can deploy it as a formative assessment after introducing diffusion theory, as a warm-up activity to activate prior knowledge before exploring migration patterns, or as homework to consolidate learning after classroom discussions about globalization and cultural exchange. The mix of definition-matching questions and application scenarios makes it ideal for review sessions before unit exams or as practice for standardized assessments. This content directly supports NCSS.D2.Geo.1.9-12 (using geospatial technologies to analyze relationships between locations) and NCSS.D2.Geo.3.9-12 (evaluating how human and physical systems vary across regions), as students examine how cultural phenomena move through geographic space using established theoretical frameworks.
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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
Hierarchical diffusion
Involves the actual movement of the original adopters from their point of origin, or hearth, to a new place
Occurs when the innovative idea diffuses from its hearth outward, but the original idea is changed by the new adopters
Occurs when numerous places or people near the point of origin become adopters (or infected, in the case of a disease)
Occurs when the diffusion innovation or concept spreads from a place or person of power or high susceptibility to another in a leveled pattern
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
The spread of ideas, inventions, or patterns of behavior to different societies
Stimulus diffusion
Expansion diffusion
Relocation diffusion
Contagious diffusion
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
New trends in clothing styles might originate in big cities like Paris, London, or New York. Then, they might spread to smaller cities like Boston, Chicago, or Seattle. From there, they spread to smaller towns.
Hierarchical diffusion
Relocation diffusion
Expansion diffusion
Contagious diffusion
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
A religion that started in City A spreads to surrounding regions, but is synthesized with existing spiritual customs. This example is best described in terms of
hierarchical diffusion
relocation diffusion
stimulus diffusion
contagious diffusion
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
A famous celebrity visits a small town in Alabama. During his visit, he only wears Brand X clothing. After he leaves the small town, many of the residents start wearing predominantly Brand X clothing. Which of the following diffusion patterns is described?
Hierarchical diffusion
Contagious diffusion
Relocation diffusion
stimulus expansion diffusion
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
Occurs when numerous places or people near the point of origin become adopters
Relocation diffusion
Stimulus diffusion
Hierarchical diffusion
Contagious diffusion
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
Involves the actual movement of the original adopters from their point of origin, or hearth, to a new place
Hierarchical diffusion
Contagious diffusion
Stimulus diffusion
Relocation diffusion
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