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What is relocation diffusion?
Relocation diffusion means ideas are spread through people.
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What is Lingua Franca?
A mixture of Italian with French, Greek, Arabic, and Spanish, formerly used in the Levant.
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What is one example of a communication technology that would affect cultural diffusion?
Phones, Social media, email, airplanes, video calls, video games.
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What is Cultural hearth?
A place where an idea, innovation or civilization is born
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What is Acculturation?
adopting elements of a different culture, usually the prominent one. Ex. roman empire instating their governmental system on places they conquered.
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The Spanish flu was an example of what?
diffusion is the cultural phenomenon that spreads rapidly to almost everyone.
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By which processes does creolization happen?
The term creolization describes the process of acculturation in which Amerindian, European, and African traditions and customs have blended with each other over a prolonged period to create new cultures in the New World.
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Why is the mass spread of English contributing to cultural diffusion?
The spread of English as a universal language pushes other languages to be less used, and eventually die.
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What is modernization
The transformation from a traditional, rural, agrarian society to a secular, urban, industrial society
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What is Assimilation?
When a minority group fully adopts the prominent culture in it’s society. Ex. ethnic native americans wearing american clothes, going to american schools and gaining citizenship.
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Is hip-hop an example of relocation diffusion or stimulus diffusion?
Stimulus
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What is an example of acculturation in the U.S.A.?
Native Americans replacing or modifying certain societal or cultural elements such as dress, language, or religion upon contact with Europeans. The loss of some Native American customs and languages due to the influence of Europeans.
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Increased worldwide connectedness through technology is called?
Time-space convergence
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What are some effects culture has on different societies?
The culture affects the dialect, food, and style, of housing, lifestyle, and fighting technique
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What is Syncretism?
Blending and mixing cultures without one completely dominating the other. Ex. Thai food -a mix of Chinese and Indian foods.
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What is the difference between hierarchical diffusion and reverse hierarchical diffusion?
Hierarchical diffusion starts with the higher class or at a place with higher density population, while reverse diffusion starts with the lower density population or the lower class.
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Would acculturation also be considered as racism?
Acculturation is the combination of culture by force.
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What could be done to further or prevent cultural convergence?
*opinions and ideas*
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Why is cultural appropriation offensive?
The inappropriate or unacknowledged adoption of an element or elements of one culture or identity by members of another culture or identity.
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What is Multiculturalism?
Cultural diversity within a society, often because of immigration.
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Which barrier of diffusion do you think is most common?
*opinion*
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Do languages make up Lingua Franca and which ones are they?
Lingua Franca is made up of multiple languages consisting of Italian with French, Greek, Arabic, and Spanish, formerly
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What do you think is better, a global uniform culture or many diverse possibly conflicting cultures?
*opinion*
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How has relocation diffusion changed different religions?
It has affected religion by bringing different religious groups to different areas.
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Analyze the spatial distribution of Russia, and identify and explain why.
(Based on own personal opinions)