3-4 Types of Diffusion

What is the main focus of geographers when studying deadly diseases?

• Treating patients

• Supply for medicines

• Spatial distribution

• Economic impact

Which type of diffusion involves the spread of culture through migration?

• Contagious diffusion

• Hierarchical diffusion

• Relocation diffusion

• Stimulus diffusion

What is an example of hierarchical diffusion?

• Cell phone technology spreading from wealthy cities

• Fast food culture in India

• Blues music spreading from the southern US

• Spread of pizza by Italian immigrants

What is reverse hierarchical diffusion?

• Spread from powerful cities to rural areas

• Spread through direct contact among people

• Spread through migration

• Spread from lower status groups to higher status groups

Which disease outbreak occurred in West Africa in 2013?

• COVID-19

• Zika virus

• Ebola

• Influenza

What is an example of stimulus diffusion?

• Spread of tattoos from sailors to mainstream culture

• Adoption of fast food with modifications in India

• Spread of cell phones from cities to rural areas

• Blues music spreading to northern US cities

What is the definition of diffusion in cultural geography?

• The spread of information, ideas, behaviors, and culture from their hearths to wider areas

• The spread of diseases from one person to another

• The migration of people from one place to another

• The economic impact of cultural exchanges

Which type of diffusion is characterized by the spread of cultural traits without migration?

• Contagious diffusion

• Expansion diffusion

• Reverse hierarchical diffusion

• Relocation diffusion

What was the impact of the 1918–1919 influenza outbreak?

• It was primarily spread by animals

• It was less deadly than World War I

• It was contained to the United States

• It killed more than 50 million people worldwide

Which of the following is an example of contagious diffusion?

• Adoption of porcelain making in Europe

• Cell phone technology spreading from wealthy cities

• Blues music spreading from the southern US

• Spread of European culture in the 1500s