UNIT 3: Chapter Six - 3.4, Pages 154-157

Question 1

Diffusion

Answer 1

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

Question 2

Relocation Diffusion

Answer 2

The spread of culture and/or cultural traits by people who migrate and carry their cultural traits with them.

Question 3

Expansion Diffusion

Answer 3

The spread of cultural traits outward through exchange without migration.

Question 4

Contagious Diffusion

Answer 4

Occurs when a cultural trait spreads continuously outward from its hearth through contact among people.

Question 5

Hierarchical Diffusion

Answer 5

The spread of culture outward from the most interconnected places or from centers of wealth and influence.

Question 6

Reverse Hierarchical Diffusion

Answer 6

A process where a trait diffuses from a group of lower status to a group of higher status.

Question 7

Stimulus Diffusion

Answer 7

When an underlying idea from a culture hearth is adopted by another culture but the adopting group modifies or rejects one trait.