Ballenger Unit 3 Vocabulary Terms

where cultural traits develop and then diffuse

• diffusion

• expansion diffusion

• cultural health

• relocation diffusion

when a cultural trait spreads from one place to another

• diffusion

• expansion diffusion

• syncretism

• lingua franca

spread of a cultural trait from the origin

• expansion diffusion

• hierarchal diffusion

• relocation diffusion

• stimulus diffusion

hierarchical diffusion

• where cultural traits develop and then diffuse

• spread of a cultural trait from the origin

• spread of an idea from somebody/ someplace with power to other people/ places

• process when a cultural trait or idea spreads to another culture or region but modified to a new culture

process when a cultural trait or idea spreads to another culture or region but modified to a new culture

• stimulus diffusion

• hierarchical diffusion

• expansion diffusion

• culture

common language between people who speak different languages

• lingua franca

• culture

• syncretism

• multiculturism

when different cultures live together without assimilating

• multiculturalism

• cultural health

• lingua franca

• syncretism

spread of cultural traits through people moving

• relocation diffusion

• stimulus diffusion

• hierarchical diffusion

• expansion diffusion

process of combining different cultural features into something new

• expansion diffusion

• syncretism

• cultural health

• diffusion

force that divides a group of people

• centripetal force

• centrifugal force