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Types/Historical Diffusion

Total questions: 54

Worksheet time: 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The place of origin

a)

Hearth

b)

Diffusion

c)

Contagious

d)

Stimulus

2.

The spread of an idea

a)

Hearth

b)

Diffusion

3.

Culture spread through migration

a)

Contagious

b)

Hierarchical

c)

Relocation

d)

Stimulus

4.

Culture spread from celebrities

a)

Stimulus

b)

Hierarchical

c)

Contagious

d)

Relocation

5.

A cultural trait being changed to become more acceptable

a)

Hierarchical

b)

Contagious

c)

Stimulus

d)

Relocation

6.

Cultural traits being spread by contact with people

a)

Contagious

b)

Hierarchical

c)

Stimulus

d)

Relocation

7.

This type of diffusion increases the number of people using a cultural trait

a)

Relocation

b)

Expansion

8.

Which of these is NOT a type of expansion diffusion?

a)

Hierarchical

b)

Relocation

c)

Contagious

d)

Stimulus

9.

Hispanic immigrants speaking Spanish in Texas

a)

Hierarchical

b)

Contagious

c)

Relocation

d)

Stimulus

10.

Michael Jordan advertising his shoes on a commercial

a)

Relocation

b)

Contagious

c)

Stimulus

d)

Hierarchical

11.

People sharing memes

a)

Relocation

b)

Hierarchical

c)

Contagious

d)

Stimulus

12.

A restaurant making a vegan or gluten free section to their menu so that more people can use it.

a)

Relocation

b)

Hierarchical

c)

Contagious

d)

Stimulus

13.

What type of Cultural Diffusion?

a)

Stimulus

b)

Relocation

c)

Hieararchial

d)

Contagious

14.

What is cultural diffusion?

a)

The movement of physical objects from one culture to another

b)

The practice of creating new cultural beliefs and social activities

c)

The spread of cultural beliefs and social activities from one group to another.

d)

The process of preserving cultural traditions within a group

15.

What is creolization?

a)

The process of two cultures coming together to create a new third culture

b)

When different groups of people come in contact with one another

c)

When the dominant culture adopts a new culture

d)

When diffusion occurs in history

16.

What is the largest language in the world today?

a)

English

b)

Spanish

c)

French

d)

Chinese

17.

What is a lingua franca?

a)

A common language that people who have a different native language can all understand

b)

When different groups of people come in contact with one another

c)

When the dominant culture adopts a new culture

d)

When diffusion occurs in history

18.

What led to the diffusion of cultural traits such as language in the Americas?

a)

European imperialism and colonialism

b)

The development of a lingua franca

c)

The Scramble for Africa

d)

The Silk Roads

19.

What major historical event contributed to the spread of Spanish language worldwide?

a)

The Colombian Exchange

b)

The Atlantic Slave Trade

c)

The Silk Road

d)

Colonialism and Imperialism

20.

a language that began as a pidgin language but was later adopted as the mother tongue by a people in a place of the mother tongue

a)

Pidgin language

b)

Creole language

c)

Official language

d)

Lingua franca

21.

Attempt by one country to establish settlements and to impose its political, economic, and cultural principles in another territory.

a)

Imperialism

b)

Animism

c)

Sovereignty

d)

Colonialism

22.

a Bantu language widely used as a lingua franca in East Africa and having official status in several countries.

a)

Swahili

b)

English

c)

Arabic

d)

Bantu

23.

A language mutually understood and commonly used in trade by people who have different native languages

a)

lingua franca

b)

pidgin language

c)

creole language

d)

official language

24.

Official language of China; most native speakers of any single language.

a)

Swahili

b)

Mandarin Chinese

c)

English

d)

Spanish

25.

When parts of two or more languages are combined in a simplified structure and vocabulary

a)

creole language

b)

standard language

c)

official language

d)

pidgin language

26.

A policy in which a strong nation seeks to dominate other countries poitically, socially, and economically.

a)

animism

b)

colonialism

c)

irredentism

d)

imperialism

27.

an informal, often short-lived kind of language used in place of standard words

a)

lingua franca

b)

slang

c)

dialect

d)

swahili

28.

What type of Cultural Diffusion?

a)

Stimulus

b)

Relocation

c)

Hieararchial

d)

Contagious

29.

What type of Cultural Diffusion?

a)

Stimulus

b)

Relocation

c)

Hieararchial

d)

Contagious

30.

1n 1630, the Puritans (a religious group) left England to settle in America in the Massachusetts Bay Colony.

a)

Relocation Diffusion

b)

Contagious Diffusion

c)

Hierarchical Diffusion

d)

Stimulus Diffusion

31.

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

a)

Relocation Diffusion

b)

Contagious Diffusion

c)

Hierarchical Diffusion

d)

Stimulus Diffusion

32.

McDonalds in India makes vegetarian and vegan burgers and in Japan Sushi is on the Menu.

a)

Relocation Diffusion

b)

Contagious Diffusion

c)

Hierarchical Diffusion

d)

Stimulus Diffusion

33.

Mindy got strep throat and spread it to half of her classmates.

a)

Relocation Diffusion

b)

Contagious Diffusion

c)

Hierarchical Diffusion

d)

Stimulus Diffusion

34.

Chinese Porcelain diffused to Europe, but Europeans used different materials and a new manufacturing process to make it.

a)

Relocation Diffusion

b)

Contagious Diffusion

c)

Hierarchical Diffusion

d)

Stimulus Diffusion

35.

Taylor Swift cut her hair and many people around the world began cutting their hair in the same way.

a)

Relocation Diffusion

b)

Contagious Diffusion

c)

Hierarchical Diffusion

d)

Stimulus Diffusion

36.

App-based food delivery services started in cities and have become more popular/available in rural and suburban areas.

a)

Relocation Diffusion

b)

Contagious Diffusion

c)

Hierarchical Diffusion

d)

Stimulus Diffusion

37.

Jason's family came from Vietnam and brought elements of their culture with them.

a)

Relocation Diffusion

b)

Contagious Diffusion

c)

Hierarchical Diffusion

d)

Stimulus Diffusion

38.

K-Pop music spread around the world with the help of the internet, and teenagers around the world popularized it.

a)

Relocation Diffusion

b)

Contagious Diffusion

c)

Hierarchical Diffusion

d)

Stimulus Diffusion

39.

The spread of protests during the Arab Spring in 2011(Pro-democracy protests). Demonstrations started in Tunisia and spread rapidly through direct influence as nearby populations were exposed to the protests and adopted similar actions in their own countries.

a)

Relocation

b)

Hierarchical

c)

Contagious

d)

Stimulus

40.

What are the two main types of cultural diffusion?

a)

Expansion diffusion and relocation diffusion

b)

Assimilation diffusion and acculturation diffusion

c)

Stimulus diffusion and reverse diffusion

d)

Contagious diffusion and hierarchical diffusion

41.

What is assimilation?

a)

The process of individuals or groups adopting traits of the dominant culture

b)

The process of individuals or groups maintaining their original culture

c)

The process of individuals or groups blending two different cultures

d)

The process of individuals or groups rejecting a new culture

42.

What is acculturation?

a)

The process of individuals or groups adopting traits of the dominant culture

b)

The process of individuals or groups maintaining their original culture

c)

The process of individuals or groups blending two different cultures

d)

The process of individuals or groups rejecting a new culture

43.

What is syncretism?

a)

The process of individuals or groups adopting traits of the dominant culture

b)

The process of individuals or groups maintaining their original culture

c)

The process of individuals or groups blending two different cultures

d)

The process of individuals or groups rejecting a new culture

44.

What is multiculturalism?

a)

The process of individuals or groups adopting traits of the dominant culture

b)

The process of individuals or groups maintaining their original culture

c)

The process of individuals or groups blending two different cultures

d)

The process of individuals or groups rejecting a new culture

45.

What is the result of assimilation?

a)

Loss of the original culture

b)

Maintenance of the original culture

c)

Blending of two different cultures

d)

Rejection of a new culture

46.

What is an example of multiculturalism?

a)

Assimilation

b)

Acculturation

c)

Sikhism

d)

United States

47.

What is a dialect?

a)

A boundary based on linguistic differences

b)

A regional variance of a language

c)

A cluster of different languages

d)

A variety of different languages

48.

Which religion believes in following the five pillars of Islam?

a)

Christianity

b)

Islam

c)

Buddhism

d)

Sikhism

49.

What is cultural divergence?

a)

When individuals become separated from different aspects of their culture

b)

Resistance to modern technology

c)

Exposure to new cultures and ideas

d)

All of the above

50.

What is cultural convergence?

a)

When individuals become separated from different aspects of their culture

b)

Resistance to modern technology

c)

Exposure to new cultures and ideas

d)

Different cultures coming together to form one mass culture

51.

What do mentifacts include in culture?

a)

Toys

b)

Language

c)

Clothing

d)

Architecture

52.

What is ethnocentrism?

a)

Judging other cultures in terms of one's own standards

b)

Promoting understanding of cultural practices

c)

An unbiased way of viewing another culture

d)

Belief that one's own culture is better than others

53.
How does fashion diffuse in popular culture?
a)
Contagious
b)
Hierarchical
c)
Stimulus
d)
Relocation
54.
Migrants blending into the more dominant culture is called:
a)
Acculturation
b)
Assimilation
c)
Diffusion
d)
Forced Migration