WH CR 1.2 Cultural Diffusion MSA

What is cultural diffusion?

• The spread of ideas, technologies, customs, and goods from one culture to another.

• The isolation of cultures from one another.

• The development of new languages.

• The decline of trade routes.

The Silk Road was a network that connected which regions?

• Asia, the Middle East, and Europe.

• North America and South America.

• Africa and Australia.

• Antarctica and the Arctic.

The Silk Road facilitated the spread of which technologies?

• Paper-making, printing, gunpowder, and the compass.

• Internet and smartphones.

• Automobiles and airplanes.

• Solar panels and wind turbines.

Buddhism spread from India to which countries along the Silk Road?

• China, Korea, and Japan.

• Egypt and South Africa.

• Brazil and Argentina.

• Russia and Canada.

The Silk Road also carried unintended exchanges such as the spread of the ________.

• Black Death (bubonic plague)

• Common cold

• Influenza

• Malaria

Cultural diffusion is a positive because it allows societies to ________.

• Learn from one another and innovate.

• Remain isolated.

• Decline in technology.

• Forget their traditions.

The Silk Road was not a single road but a collection of ________.

• Trade routes

• Highways

• Rivers

• Mountains

What was the largest contiguous land empire in history?

• Roman Empire

• Mongol Empire

• Ottoman Empire

• British Empire

A major effect of the Mongol Empire was that they were​ (a)   of various world religions which ​ (b)   cultural diffusion to take place.

• tolerant
• intolerant
• allowed
• didn't allow