Diffusion
This type of diffusion occurs when a cultural trait spreads to people who then spread it to others, similar to a disease like the flu.
What is Contagious Diffusion?
Roadways, Temples, Stores, Houses, and all other human-made constructions are considered part of this.
What is the Cultural Landscape?
This kind of religion only believes in one god or deity
What is a monotheistic religion/monotheism?
The most common language family in the world.
What is Indo-European?
This type of diffusion is characterized by the spread of a cultural trait across space while still remaining popular in its hearth.
What is Expansion Diffusion?
This language is the most common one used on the internet
What is English?
This kind of religion does not attempt to seek converts
What is an ethnic religion?
A language that is used in official documentation for places
What is an institutional language?
This type of diffusion occurs when people move from the hearth to a new location, bringing their cultural traits with them
What is Relocation diffusion?
What is folk culture?
This kind of religion is focused on a holy person who acts as a teacher, healer, leader, and/or conduit to the metaphysical
What is shamanism?
What is an endangered language?
This type of diffusion occurs when people with power and/or influence spread a trait to people with less.
What is hierarchical diffusion?
A restriction on a particular behavior that is cultural in origin, most commonly in terms of kinds of food that are not to be eaten.
What is a taboo?
What is secularism?
A language with a large, thriving base of speakers, but not a long history of an associated literary tradition?
This type of diffusion is characterized by a modification of the particulars of a cultural trait to better fit the local culture while the main ideas remain intact.
What is Stimulus Diffusion?
This popular sport had its hearth in Scotland as folk culture, but has put a strain on water resources in drier areas as it spread and became part of popular culture.
What is golf?
This religion is most common in East and Southeast Asia, but has its hearth in India
What is Buddhism?
The most commonly spoken language in the world
What is Mandarin?