Chapter 7 Vocabulary (Cultural Change)

The process by which a cultural trait spreads from one place to another over time.

• expansion diffusion

• relocation diffusion

• cultural hearth

• diffusion

Location where a trait originates

• expansion diffusion

• relocation diffusion

• cultural hearth

• diffusion

Occurs when an aspect of culture spreads outward from where it originated

• expansion diffusion

• relocation diffusion

• contagious diffusion

• hierarchical diffusion

• stimulus diffusion

Occurs when an idea or cultural traits spreads adjacently, or to people or places that re next to or adjoining one another.

• expansion diffusion

• relocation diffusion

• contagious diffusion

• hierarchical diffusion

• stimulus diffusion

Spread of an idea or trait from a person or place of power/authority to other people or places.

• expansion diffusion

• relocation diffusion

• contagious diffusion

• hierarchical diffusion

• stimulus diffusion

Occurs when the fundamental idea behind a cultural trait stimulates a new innovation.

• expansion diffusion

• relocation diffusion

• contagious diffusion

• hierarchical diffusion

• stimulus diffusion

Common language sued among speakers of different languages.

• lingua franca

• creole language

• cultural divergence

• cultural convergence

The blending of two or more languages that may not include the features of either original language.

• lingua franca

• creolization

• cultural divergence

• cultural convergence

The process by which cultures become more similar through interaction

• cultural appropriation

• cultural convergence

• cultural divergence

• cultural relativism

The process by which cultures become less similar due to conflicting beliefs and values

• cultural appropriation

• cultural convergence

• cultural divergence

• cultural relativism