AP Human Geography - Diffusion Flashcards

The movement of people, goods, or ideas across space.

Carl Sauer

The spread of an idea or innovation from its hearth to other places.

<p>Time/Distance Decay, Cultural Barriers, Physical Barriers</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Further from the source and more time it takes, the less likely innovation is adopted.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Some practices, ideas, or innovations are not acceptable/adopted in particular cultures.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Physical barriers on the surface may prohibit/inhibit adoption.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Expansion, Relocation</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The spread of an innovation so that the number of people affected by that innovation grows continuously.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Hierarchical, contagious, and stimulus.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A type of expansion diffusion that is the spread of an idea through an established structure usually from people or areas of power down to other people or areas.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>AIDS has a historically distinctive diffusion pattern of urban to urban as it skips over the smaller cities.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The spread of an idea/trait/concept through a group of people or an area equally without regard to social class, economic position, or position of power.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The spread of Wal-Mart's throughout America.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The spread of an underlying principle but without its particular traits due to cultural or other barriers to the movement of the ideas.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>McDonald's spread to India; however, Indian Hindus do not eat beef. Indian McDonald's serve veggie burgers which is culturally acceptable.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The actual movement of the original adopters from their point of origin, or hearth, and take their cultural attributes with them to a new place.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Migrant diffusion</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>When an innovation originates and enjoys strong, but brief, adoption there.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>BlackBerry's, though becoming cheaper, are too expensive for most customers to buy.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>When smaller/weaker groups take on traits of the larger culture.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The Aztecs became part of the Spanish culture, but some Aztec traits remained and became Spanish culture.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The adoption of cultural elements becoming so complete that two cultures become indistinguishable.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Jeans are being worn here and in the Czech Republic.</p> Signup and view all the answers