EQ2: cultural diffusion Flashcards
What is cultural diffusion?
a powerful civilisation brought cultural change to other places
lang+religion and customs spread around the world- force roman british empire
What has grown global culture?
Americanisation- specific influence of USA on places
also Europe/north America bringing cultural change on a global scale (westernisation)
What are cultural traits?
can be broken down into individual components (clothing, lang)
What is a cultural imperialism?
practice of promoting culture/lang of one nation in another
What is soft power?
global influence a country dervives from culture, political values/diplomacy
What is cultural erosion?
westernised global culture is emerging as a result of cultural erosion in different places
people concerned that langs are disappearing because of English