3.4 Types of Diffusion

Question 1

Influenza Outbreak of 1918-1919 was caused by _____.

Answer 1

World War 1

Question 2

Diffusion

Answer 2

The spread of ideas, information, behaviors, and other aspects of culture from their hearths to wider areas

Question 3

Relocation Diffusion

Answer 3

Spread of culture and/or cultural traits by people who migrate and carry their cultural traits with them

Question 4

Expansion Diffusion

Answer 4

Spread of cultural traits outward through exchange without migration

Question 5

Contagious Diffusion

Answer 5

A cultural traits spreads continuously outward from its hearth through contact among people

Question 6

Hierarchical Diffusion

Answer 6

Spread of culture outward from the more interconnected places or from centers of wealth and influence

Question 7

Examples of hierarchical diffusion

Answer 7

Music, Fashion, Fads, etc.

Question 8

Reverse Hierarchical Diffusion

Answer 8

A trait that diffuses from a group of lower status to a group of higher status