Diffusion
Languages families
Artifacts, Sociofacts and Mentifacts
Vocabulary
100

When someone moves from their original location to another and bring their innovations with them is
__________diffusion.

Relocation diffusion.

100

What is the number one spoken language family?

Indo European.

100

What is and example of an artifact?

Food, clothing, house appliances etc.

100

What is a centripetal force?

A force the tends to unify people.

200

A Mcdonalds diffuses to india and the menu is altered to serve vegan people. This is an example of _________diffusion.

Stimulus diffusion.

200

What is the second largest language family?

Sino Tibetan.

200

What is an example of a sociofact?

Families, governments, education systems, sports organizations, religious groups etc.

200

What is a dying language?

A language used by older people but is not transmitted to younger people.

300

What are the three types of expansion diffusion?

Hierarchical, contagious and stimulus diffusion.

300

What is one language family in Indo European?

Indo-Iranian, Romance, Germanic or Balto-Slavic.

300

What is an example of a mentifact?

Religion, language, culture, viewpoints and ideas etc.

300

What is pop culture?

Pop culture spreads across regions and is heterogeneous.

400

When does relocation diffusion occur?

Relocation diffusion occurs when a person migrates from their home and shares their culture with a new location.

400

What is one language family in East Asia?

Sino-Tibetan, Japanese, Korean, Austronesian, Austro-Asiatic or Tai-Kadai.

400

What would the culture of having many children be?

Mentifact.

400

What is a creolized language?

A language that results in mixing the colonizers language with indigenous language of the people.

500

When does expansion diffusion occur?

Expansion diffusion occurs when a trend is spread from its originating place, outward.

500

What is one language family in Africa?

Afro-Asiatic, Niger-Congo or Nilo-Saharan.

500

What would the house you live in be?

Sociofact.

500

What is sequent occupance?

The notion that societies leave behind their cultural imprint which shapes the cultural landscape.