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WorksheetsSY21-22 Lesson 9 Cultural Diffusion Practice
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 16mins
Cultural diffusion is best described as...
sharing music from one culture to another
the spreading of ideas, languages, and traditions fromone culture to another
the spreading of religion
What statement is an example of cultural diffusion?
Venezuela has large reserves of oil
students in China learn Chinese in school
young people dance to American rock music in Japan
How has technology impacted cultural diffusion today?
Trading is more challenging with the different languages and cultures.
Innovations such as the airplane and engine have allowed for trade to increase.
There are not any impacts from technology.
Culture is spread by...
TV and Internet
War and Conquest
Both of the above answers are correct
Which of these is NOT a example of cultural diffusion?
McDonald's in China
Mexican restaurants in Texas
storms in both Canada and Brazil
In return, they get a bread oven.
What is another way to state this?
What is acculturation?
When you accept one culture while keeping your own
When you keep your culture and reject the new one
When you don't addapt to a new culture
When you adopt one culture and retain your own.
_________________ is the process by which a person or group adopts a new culture that takes the place of the original leaving almost no traces.
Separation
Acculturation
Transmutation
Assimilation
Colombian Exchange: Which was a direct result of the initial contact between European cultures and Native American cultures in the 1490s?
Most Spaniards migrated to the New World.
Spanish settlers rejected Christianity for Native American religious beliefs.
New diseases arrived in the Americas from which natives lacked immunity.
Native Americans used Spanish settlers as a source of cheap labor.
Columbian Exchange: Which statement describes an impact of the Columbian Exchange?
Cross-cultural contacts between South America and Europe declined.
The transfer of new products and ideas encouraged economic growth.
New diseases, brought to Europe from the Americas, led to massive deaths.
Native Americans migrated to Europe to compete with European jobs.
Which example illustrates cultural convergence?
People in many countries now enjoy eating American "fast food" and listening to American "pop" music.
In 1991, the Soviet Union divided into separate countries.
When the colony of India achieved independence in 1947, it formed the new countries of India and Pakistan.
After World War II, the United States and the Soviet Union became rivals in the Cold War.
The tendency for culture groups to separate from others in order to protect or preserve their culture from influence or change
Cultural Convergence
Cultural Divergence
Cultural Diffusion
Cultural Interaction
The interaction of cultures as they come in contact with each other and accept aspects of culture from both groups; merging of cultural characteristics (sometimes with a loss of one culture's norms)
Cultural Convergence
Cultural Divergence
Cultural Diffusion
Cultural Interaction
Voodoo is a religion in the Americas and the Caribbean thought to be a combination of various African, Catholic and Native American traditions.
Cultural Divergence
Cultural Convergence
Approximately 1.5 billion people speak the English language to some extent.
Cultural Divergence
Cultural Convergence
There are distinct Muslim and Hindu areas in India.
Cultural Divergence
Cultural Convergence
