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Questions and Answers
What is Hierarchical Diffusion?
What is Hierarchical Diffusion?
- Blending of two cultural groups
- Spread of a feature from one key person to others (correct)
- Spread through bodily movement of people
- Rapid diffusion throughout a population
Define Contagious Diffusion.
Define Contagious Diffusion.
Rapid, widespread diffusion of a feature throughout a population.
What is Stimulus Diffusion?
What is Stimulus Diffusion?
The spread of an underlying principle, although a specific characteristic is rejected.
What does Relocation Diffusion refer to?
What does Relocation Diffusion refer to?
What is Acculturation?
What is Acculturation?
Define Assimilation.
Define Assimilation.
What does Translocation mean?
What does Translocation mean?
What is a Syncretic Culture?
What is a Syncretic Culture?
Define Spatial Diffusion.
Define Spatial Diffusion.
What is a Hearth in cultural geography?
What is a Hearth in cultural geography?
List the three types of Expansion Diffusion.
List the three types of Expansion Diffusion.
What does Time Space Compression refer to?
What does Time Space Compression refer to?
Define Globalization.
Define Globalization.
Study Notes
Types of Diffusion
- Hierarchical Diffusion: Spreads from key person or authority to others, often through established networks.
- Contagious Diffusion: Rapid and widespread dissemination of features or trends across a population, commonly observed in diseases.
- Stimulus Diffusion: Adopts underlying principles of an idea or innovation while specific characteristics may be altered or rejected.
Relocation and Cultural Change
- Relocation Diffusion: Movements of people that result in the transfer of cultural features from one location to another.
- Acculturation: Occurs when a less dominant culture incorporates elements of a dominant culture, exemplified by the adaptation of ethnic foods to local preferences.
- Assimilation: Involves altering a group's cultural traits to become more similar to those of another group.
Cultural Interaction
- Translocation: Both cultures merge and adopt each other's ideas, leading to cultural hybridization (e.g., pizza being Italian but adapted in American cuisine).
- Syncretic Culture: A new culture emerges from the blending of two distinct cultural groups.
Diffusion Concepts
- Spatial Diffusion: Describes the movement and spread of ideas, innovations, and cultural elements over geographic space.
- Hearth: The point of origin from which ideas, innovations, and cultural characteristics begin to spread.
Expansion Diffusion Types
- Identified three types of expansion diffusion: hierarchical, contagious, and stimulus diffusion, highlighting the varied methods of spread.
Additional Concepts
- Time Space Compression: Refers to the decreasing amount of time it takes for an idea or feature to reach distant areas due to improved communication and transport.
- Globalization: The process of increasing international influence of businesses or organizations, exemplified by global franchises like McDonald's.
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Explore the fundamental concepts of diffusion in AP Human Geography with these flashcards. Learn about hierarchical, contagious, and stimulus diffusion and how they influence the spread of trends and features across populations. Perfect for students preparing for the AP exam.
