EQ2: cultural diffusion

Question 1

What is cultural diffusion?

Answer 1

a powerful civilisation brought cultural change to other places
lang+religion and customs spread around the world- force roman british empire

Question 2

What has grown global culture?

Answer 2

Americanisation- specific influence of USA on places

also Europe/north America bringing cultural change on a global scale (westernisation)

Question 3

What are cultural traits?

Answer 3

can be broken down into individual components (clothing, lang)

Question 4

What is a cultural imperialism?

Answer 4

practice of promoting culture/lang of one nation in another

Question 5

What is soft power?

Answer 5

global influence a country dervives from culture, political values/diplomacy

Question 6

What is cultural erosion?

Answer 6

westernised global culture is emerging as a result of cultural erosion in different places
people concerned that langs are disappearing because of English