AP Human Geography / Unit 3: Cultural Patterns and Processes
3.4 Types of Diffusion
Notes
- Relocation: people carry culture to a new place.
- Expansion: spreads while staying in the hearth: hierarchical (from important people/places), contagious (person to person), stimulus (the idea changes as it spreads).
Practice
A viral video spreading person to person:
Rapid, widespread.
McDonald's serving veggie burgers in India is:
Idea adapted locally.
Immigrants bringing their cuisine to a new country:
Moved with people.
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