Types of Diffusion
This is the definition of diffusion.
What is the spread of ideas from one place to another?
This religion diffused into India about 1000 years ago.
What is Islam?
What is communication?
The Columbian Exchange represents this type of diffusion.
What is relocation diffusion?
In order to prevent religious diffusion, some religions have denominations that only acknowledge strict interpretations of their holy book called this.
What is orthodox?
When Christopher Columbus arrived in the New World and interacted with the Taino people, it is considered this type of diffusion.
What is relocation diffusion?
These two religions diffused into each other during the Crusades.
What are Christianity and Islam?
Pidgin languages are formed in this way.
What is the blending of two languages together to form a new language?
The Columbian Exchange started in 1492 when these two parts of the world were introduced to each other for the first time in human history.
What are the Old World and the New World?
DAILY DOUBLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
What is some cultural traits of the dominant culture begin to be absorbed?
When trends are spread through social media influencers, it is considered this type of expansion diffusion.
What is hierarchical diffusion?
DAILY DOUBLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!
What are India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh?
This is the most common lingua franca in the world today.
What is English?
This is a benefit of the Old World from the Columbian Exchange.
What is the introduction of high calorie foods from the the New World such as potatoes, avacadoes, and corn.
This effect of diffusion occurs when almost all traits from the original culture are gone in favor of cultural traits from the dominant culture.
What is assimilation?
Mountains, oceans, or even laws and social norms can be be considered this type of barrier to the diffusion of ideas.
What are absorbing barriers?
This is an effect of the Crusades.
What is a legacy of distrust between Christians and Muslims?
What is Islam still dominates the "Holy Land" in the Middle East?
This is a limitation of pidgin languages.
What is they can only be used for very basic communication?
The Columbian exchange brought these animals to the New World for the first time in human history.
What are horses?
What are livestock (cows, pigs, sheep, etc.)?
When two cultures blend together, without either being dominant over the other, this effect of diffusion occurs.
What is syncretism?
Permeable barriers create this type of expansion diffusion.
What is stimulus diffusion?
This type of religion typically creates situations in which religions diffuse.
What is universal religion?
This lingua franca was used by the Roman Empire to spread their government, technology, social traditions, and religion.
What is latin?
This is a negative effect of the Columbian Exchange.
What are diseases?
What is slavery?
What is the destruction of native cultures?
What is syncretic religion?