DiffusionDiffusion

The spreading of cultural The spreading of cultural ideasideas

Spread of New ProductsSpread of New Products

Silk RoadSilk Road Columbian Columbian

ExchangeExchange New products New products

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Silk RoadSilk Road

Land route that Land route that connected Ancient connected Ancient China, the Middle China, the Middle East, and the East, and the Roman Empire.Roman Empire.

Merchants from Merchants from many different many different cultures used this cultures used this route to trade route to trade goods.goods.

Columbian ExchangeColumbian Exchange The exchange of The exchange of

goods between the goods between the Americas and Europe.Americas and Europe.

Europe to Americas: Europe to Americas: horses, sheep, cattle, horses, sheep, cattle, wheat, onions, wheat, onions, carrots, lettuce, carrots, lettuce, grapesgrapes

Americas to Europe: Americas to Europe: Corn, beans, Corn, beans, chocolate, peanuts, chocolate, peanuts, squash, tobacco, squash, tobacco, potatoes, peppers.potatoes, peppers.

Spread of New Products Spread of New Products TodayToday

Today technology Today technology allows for the allows for the exchange of new exchange of new products to be products to be much faster and much faster and easier. easier.

Transportation is Transportation is much faster and much faster and more broad today.more broad today.

Spread of IdeasSpread of Ideas

Contact between Contact between cultures can also cultures can also lead to the lead to the exchange of ideas.exchange of ideas.

Ex: Islam spreading Ex: Islam spreading to North Africa, to North Africa, Spain, and Spain, and Southeast Asia.Southeast Asia.

Spread of Cultural TraitsSpread of Cultural Traits

Cultural traits from Cultural traits from one culture can one culture can become traits to become traits to another culture another culture through cultural through cultural diffusion. diffusion.

Examples of Spread of Examples of Spread of TraitsTraits

Clothes, art, food, Clothes, art, food, musicmusic

Ex: the popularity Ex: the popularity of Chinese and of Chinese and Mexican food in the Mexican food in the United States.United States.

Ex: the Beatles, Ex: the Beatles, Michael Jackson, Michael Jackson, Madonna being Madonna being famous worldwide.famous worldwide.

Global Reach of American Global Reach of American Popular CulturePopular Culture

RadioRadio MoviesMovies TV showsTV shows T-shirtsT-shirts Blue JeansBlue Jeans Fast Food: Fast Food:

McDonalds and McDonalds and Taco BellTaco Bell

Pandemics; Spread of Pandemics; Spread of DiseaseDisease

A negative effect of A negative effect of diffusion.diffusion.

Disease can spread Disease can spread through trade.through trade.

Ex: Bubonic Ex: Bubonic Plague- devastated Plague- devastated Europe and Asia Europe and Asia during the Middle during the Middle Ages.Ages.

Cultural ConvergenceCultural Convergence

When one or more When one or more cultural traits cultural traits comes into contact comes into contact with one another.with one another.

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Cultural DivergenceCultural Divergence

When a culture is When a culture is isolated and has isolated and has little or no contact little or no contact with other cultural with other cultural ideas, traits, or ideas, traits, or people.people.

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