1. Cultural Diffusion is ……
the spreading of a cultural trait from one society to another during trade, war and migration.
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2. Examples of cultural diffusion in the United States
TRAFFIC SIGNAL FROM LONDON
UMBRELLAS FROM EGYPT
RAZORS FROM WISCONSON
NEWSPAPERS FROM GERMANY
GUM FROM ANCIENT MEXICAN INDIANS

3. Which of the ten statements are examples of cultural diffusion?

4. Example of cultural diffusion? Yes or No?
#1 Western / Latin and other alphabets came form the Phoenician Alphabet

5. Example of cultural diffusion? Yes or No?#2
A conquered civilization is forced to teach its conquerors how to make iron weapons.

6. Example of cultural diffusion? Yes or No?#3
A leader of an army learns a new battle tactic during a war from the enemy.

7. Example of cultural diffusion? Yes or No?#4
A book of ancient religious rituals is destroyed, and its contents are never recovered.

8. Example of cultural diffusion? Yes or No?#5
A king refuses to allow people of his civilization to marry people of a conquered civilization.

9. Example of cultural diffusion? Yes or No?#6
A merchant brings his own civilization new foods he acquired by trading with a neighboring society.

10. Example of cultural diffusion? Yes or No?#7
A civilization believes it is superior and ignores the ideas of a group they have conquered.

11. Example of cultural diffusion? Yes or No?#8
A local ruler asks a nomadic tribe to explain how they train their dogs to herd local sheep.

12. Example of cultural diffusion? Yes or No?#9
An isolated civilization has no contact with other civilizations.

13. Example of cultural diffusion? Yes or No?
#10
Winners of a war execute all males of the opposing civilization.

14. CLOSURE QUESTION TRUE OR FALSE
Ancient people who live near water or on a plain are more likely to be influenced by cultural diffusion than people who live in the mountains.
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