Types of Diffusion Geography Quiz

What is cultural diffusion?

• The spread of technology only

• The spread of culture - both material and nonmaterial

• The spread of language only

• The spread of religion only

What is the term used to describe the location of culture traits or cultural communities?

• Cultural diversity

• Culture spread

• Cultural diffusion region

• Culture region

Which type of diffusion occurs when a specific part of the cultural element is rejected, but the underlying concept is embraced?

• Stimulus diffusion

• Contagious diffusion

• Relocation diffusion

• Expansion diffusion

What is an example of a physical barrier effect that inhibits the spread of culture?

• All of the above

• Forests

• Mountains

• Oceans

Which type of diffusion involves the adoption of a new cultural trait in response to contact with an advertisement or media?

• Hierarchical diffusion

• Relocation diffusion

• Stimulus diffusion

• Contagious diffusion

What is an example of a social barrier effect that inhibits the spread of culture?

• Race

• Language

• All of the above

• Religion

In which type of diffusion does culture originate and take hold in large cities and then 'trickle down' to smaller cities, towns, and rural areas?

• Contagious diffusion

• Relocation diffusion

• Stimulus diffusion

• Hierarchical diffusion

What is the term used to describe the appearance of culture traits or entire cultural communities in areas where they were not previously present?

• Relocation diffusion

• Expansion diffusion

• Cultural diffusion

• Migration diffusion

Which country is mentioned as an example where modernization tends to take hold in major cities and then trickle down to the countryside?

• Peru

• India

• China

• Mexico

What is the term used to describe the tendency for culture traits to diffuse outward from their place of origin and then encounter barrier effects?

• Diffusion limitation

• Cultural spread

• Diffusion barrier

• Barrier diffusion