12–17% of the AP exam. Key topics: Introduction to Culture, Cultural Landscapes and sequent occupance, Cultural Patterns (language families, religion distributions), Types of Diffusion (relocation, expansion: hierarchical, contagious, stimulus), Historical Causes of Diffusion (trade routes, colonialism), Contemporary Causes of Diffusion (media, internet, globalization), Diffusion of Religion and Language, Effects of Diffusion (acculturation, assimilation, syncretism).
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