Diffusion/CulturalConvergence and Divergence

This is the spread of cultural items such as ideas, styles, religions, technologies, and languages between individuals, whether within a single culture or from one culture to another.

• Demography

• Population Growth

• Cultural Diffusion

• Geology

What statement is an example of cultural diffusion?

• Venezuela has large reserves of oil

• students in China learn Chinese in school

• young people dance to American rock music in Japan

Which of the following is NOT a part of culture?

• History

• Weather

• Language

An example of cultural diffusion is

• spread of popular music

• a new type of computer

• importance of religion

Which of these is NOT a example of cultural diffusion?

• McDonald's in China

• Mexican restaurants in Texas

• storms in both Canada and Brazil

Colombian Exchange: Which was a direct result of the initial contact between European cultures and Native American cultures in the 1490s?

• Most Spaniards migrated to the New World.

• Spanish settlers rejected Christianity for Native American religious beliefs.

• New diseases arrived in the Americas from which natives lacked immunity.

• Native Americans used Spanish settlers as a source of cheap labor.

Columbian Exchange: Which statement describes an impact of the Columbian Exchange?

• Cross-cultural contacts between South America and Europe declined.

• The transfer of new products and ideas encouraged economic growth.

• New diseases, brought to Europe from the Americas, led to massive deaths.

• Native Americans migrated to Europe to compete with European jobs.

The tendency for culture groups to separate from others in order to protect or preserve their culture from influence or change for example the Amish in Pennsylvania.

• Cultural Convergence

• Cultural Divergence

• Cultural Diffusion

• Cultural Interaction

Which example illustrates cultural convergence?

• People in many countries now enjoy eating American "fast food" and listening to American "pop" music.

• In 1991, the Soviet Union divided into separate countries.

• When the colony of India achieved independence in 1947, it formed the new countries of India and Pakistan.

• After World War II, the United States and the Soviet Union became rivals in the Cold War.