Diffusion

Popular culture often expands through

• migration or relocation diffusion

• the building of roads and internet technologies

• hierarchical diffusion

• adoption of electricity

Quick and widespread diffusion like a disease is known as

• Stimulus diffusion

• Hierarchical diffusoin

• Relocation diffusion

• Contagious diffusion

Relocation diffusion is 

• listening to pop music

• a Syrian family moving to the US

• wearing jeans

• eating at McDonalds

Which of the following is an example of cultural diffusion?

• A government policy restricting foreign media.

• The global popularity of sushi, a traditional Japanese dish.

• A decrease in the use of traditional languages.

• The enforcement of national borders.

How does cultural diffusion impact global societies?

• It leads to the homogenization of global cultures.

• It decreases the variety of cultural expressions.

• It enriches societies by introducing new ideas and practices.

• It has no significant impact on societies.

A focused geographic area where important innovations are born and from which they are spread

• Cultural Hearth

• Minority Religion

• An Ethnic Group

• Universalizing Religion

Once smallpox was introduced to the New World, it rapidly spread to the Natives causing a massive amount of deaths.

• Relocation Diffusion

• Contagious Diffusion

• Hierarchical Diffusion

• Stimulus Diffusion

In 1630, the Puritans (a religious group) left England to settle in America in the Massachusetts Bay Colony.

• Relocation Diffusion

• Contagious Diffusion

• Hierarchical Diffusion

• Stimulus Diffusion

Coronavirus has spread as people come in contact with infected people.

• Relocation Diffusion

• Contagious Diffusion

• Hierarchical Diffusion

• Stimulus Diffusion

The Great Migration was a period when African Americans who were living in the South moved to northern cities.

• Relocation Diffusion

• Contagious Diffusion

• Hierarchical Diffusion

• Stimulus Diffusion