Cultural Diffusion
A popular American hamburger chain altering its menu to include vegetarian burgers in India exemplifies this type of diffusion.
Stimulus diffusion
The belief that one’s own culture is superior to other cultures.
Ethnocentrism
Cultural differences within a country, such as different religions, languages, and ethnicities, that have political impacts are best described as these.
Centrifugal forces
The boundaries established in Africa during the Berlin Conference (1884–1885) that ignored existing cultural patterns are known by this classification.
Superimposed boundaries
Based on the 2000 population pyramid, China's greatest demographic challenge beginning in 2029 will be providing for the needs of this group.
Aging population
The diffusion pattern of Walmart stores, which spread from small towns to large cities in the U.S., is an example of this.
Reverse hiearchical diffusion
This religious influence most likely explains the regional location of cultural figures shown in the image (skeleton figures) in the Southwest United States.
Spanish Catholicism
This characteristic does not act as a centrifugal force for a state, unlike uneven development or substate nationalism.
Linguistic homogeneity
The boundary between India and Pakistan formed in 1947, which was made along an already-existing cultural division, is best described as this.
Consequent boundaries
Policymakers in Spain would use data on the size of this population cohort, according to the 2017 pyramid, to plan for retirement and social security benefits.
middle-aged population
The spread of an Internet meme via social media applications best exemplifies the contemporary diffusion of this type of culture.
Popular culture
This term is used in the study of place names.
Toponyms
Kurd
This type of political boundary best describes the border between the United States and Canada
Geometric
The Syrian refugee crisis that began in 2011 is best explained by this type of migration factor related to armed conflict imperiling personal safety.
Political push factor
This type of diffusion is not the primary method by which popular culture spreads.
Relocation diffusion
Preserving a group's traditional language is most commonly done because language is central to this.
Cultural identity
A state in which government decisions are made at the national level and applied uniformly across the state.
Unitary state
Residents of Maryland's Third Congressional District might legally challenge the boundary for being this, as it guarantees a political party’s seat.
Gerrymandered boundary
Directions like "Walk down from the Alice in Wonderland statue to the model boat pond" use this type of location description
The blending of Buddhist traditions with local customs like Daoism in China and Shinto in Japan is best described by this term.
Syncretism
These are two identifiable signs and symbols that signify a Chinese cultural landscape in San Francisco.
Chinese-language signs and Chinese lamps
This is an outcome that centripetal forces may lead to at both the local scale and the national scale.
Increased cultural cohesion
Under UNCLOS, the Philippines and Malaysia lay claim to resources around the Spratly Islands due to overlapping claims based on this maritime limit, extending up to 200 nautical miles.
Exclusive economic zones (EEZ)
The use of canals, pumps, and dykes to protect and reclaim land in the Netherlands best exemplifies this theory.
Possibilism