7.1 Cultural Diffusion Quiz

Which term describes the area of origin of a cultural trait?

• Cultural hearth

• Cultural diffusion

• Cultural landscape

• Cultural possibilism

• Cultural environment

Cultural diffusion is an example of which of the following geographic concepts?

• Flow

• Scale

• Density

• Situation

• Infill development

The CEO of a large automobile company moves to another city to become the CEO of a different manufacturing company, taking ideas about the manufacturing process with her. This is an example of which of the following?

• Contagious diffusion

• Hierarchical diffusion

• Imperialist diffusion

• Relocation diffusion

• Stimulus diffusion

Which of the following is an example of hierarchical diffusion?

• The spread of Spanish to Latin America

• The spread of the coronavirus from China to Europe

• The spread of K-pop from Korea to the rest of the world

• The spread of Amish woodworking traditions to Pennsylvania

• The spread of technology from the upper class to the middle class

What is the main different between expansion diffusion and relocation diffusion?

• In expansion diffusion, cultural ideas and traits spread primarily through technology

• Expansion diffusion includes cultural ideas and traits beyond the country of origin

• In expansion diffusion, cultural ideas and traits spread, but the people of the culture do not

• Expansion diffusion includes the spread of longer-lasting traits such as language and religion

• In expansion, cultural ideas and traits spread farther and faster than in relocation diffusion

A high school student starts using the word salty to describe when he is annoyed. His friends and eventually most of the other students at school start using this term as well. Which term best describes this situation?

• Creolization

• Lingua franca

• Stimulus diffusion

• Relocation diffusion

• Contagious diffusion

This type of diffusion occurs when the fundamental idea behind a cultural trait stimulated a new innovation

• Stimulus diffusion
• Contagious diffusion
• Relocation diffusion
• Cultural assimilation
• Expansion diffusion

A fad is started when a television personality begins wearing a yellow top hat. The trend spreads throughout Hollywood and then the United States. This is an example of what type of diffusion?

• Assimilation

• Contagious

• Hierarchical

• Relocation

• Stimulus