AP HG Unit 1-2

• What is diffusion in the context of this class?

  The spreading of cultural ideas, practices, or products.
• What is relocation diffusion?

  It occurs when a person migrates from their home and shares their culture with a new location.
• How does expansion diffusion differ from relocation diffusion?

  Expansion diffusion spreads innovations to new places while staying strong in their original locations.
• What characterizes contagious diffusion?

  It spreads based on person-to-person contact within a population with no regard for hierarchies.
• What is hierarchical diffusion?

  The spread of a feature or trend from one key person or node of authority to other persons or places.
• How does contagious diffusion relate to expansion diffusion?

  Contagious diffusion is a form of expansion diffusion where nearly all adjacent individuals and places are affected.
• What is the process of relocation diffusion?

  It involves the movement of individuals who have adopted an idea and carry it to a new location where they spread it.
• What does diffusion encompass in a broader sense?

  The act of dispersing ideas, fashions, and social institutions from one society to another.
• What is hierarchical diffusion's role in cultural adoption?

  It occurs when influential structures in society encourage the adoption of certain new cultures or cultural aspects.
• What is stimulus diffusion?

  It occurs when one people receives a cultural element from another but gives it a new and unique form.