AP HuG 7.1 Cengage

What term describes the process of adopting the cultural traits or social patterns of another group?

• Acculturation

• Syncretism

• Diffusion

• Creolization

Which term refers to the spread of cultural elements from one area or group of people to others by direct contact?

• Hierarchical diffusion

• Contagious diffusion

• Relocation diffusion

• Cultural divergence

What is the term for a common language used among people with different native languages?

• Multiculturalism

• Lingua franca

• Cultural hearth

• Assimilation

Which concept involves the blending of two or more cultural influences?

• Cultural appropriation

• Syncretism

• Cultural convergence

• Stimulus diffusion

What term describes the process by which a dominant culture absorbs a minority culture?

• Assimilation

• Cultural divergence

• Expansion diffusion

• Creolization

What is diffusion in the context of cultural diffusion?

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

• The origin of a cultural trait.

• The decline of cultural traits over time.

• The isolation of cultural traits in one location.

What is a cultural hearth?

• A place where a cultural trait declines.

• A place where a cultural trait originates.

• A place where cultural traits are forgotten.

• A place where cultural traits are mixed.

Historically, which of the following did NOT contribute to cultural diffusion?

• Imperialism

• Colonialism

• Isolationism

• Trade

In modern times, through which mediums does diffusion occur?

• Only through trade

• Only through military conquest

• Through mass media and the internet

• Through isolation

What is relocation diffusion?

• The spread of cultural traits through the internet.

• The spread of cultural traits through the movement or relocation of people.

• The spread of cultural traits through television.

• The spread of cultural traits through books.