3.6 Vocab, Contemporary Causes of Diffusion

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Movement of people from rural areas to cities

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Urbanization

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Actions or processes that involve the entire world and make something worldwide.

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Globalization

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Transformation of traditional to industrial societies

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Modernization

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Distance between places is shrinking due to rapid communication and interaction.

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time-space convergence (space-time compression)

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Cultural similarity due to shared tech and organization in a connected world.

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cultural convergence

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Increasing use of global business languages and decline of indigenous languages

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Trends in Languages

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Bringing uniformity to different elements

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Homogenizing

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Restriction of culture from outside influences

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cultural divergence

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Improvement of human living standards by economic growth

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Economic development

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contemporary