Cultural Convergence & Divergence Unit 4 – Flashcards
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The spread of new products
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Contact between different cultures can lead to an exchange of products
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Example of different cultures leading to new products
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trade along the silk road
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Example of different cultures leading to new products
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Chinese inventions fostered European Explorations
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Chinese inventions fostered European Explorations
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Example of different cultures leading to new products
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The Columbian Exchange
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the Spread of Disease
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Pandemic-outbreak of disease
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the Spread of Disease
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the Bubonic plague
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the Spread of Disease
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Spread of "Old World" Diseases to the Americas
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the Spread of Disease
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the Avian Flu
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Cultural divergence
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tendency among groups to become dissimilar overdrive
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cultural divergence
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happens from exposure to new ideas
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cultural divergence
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Physical barriers can separate people
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cultural divergence
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Example - Roman Empire (invaders introduced new cultural elements which led to the split of the Roman Empire
Example - India (Hinduism until Islamic came into the area
Example - India (Hinduism until Islamic came into the area
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Cultural convergence
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different cultures become similar or come together
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Globalization
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common global culture
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Globalization
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air travel, television, internet
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Convergence
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examples - democratic ideas (late 1980s and 1990s - democracy begins to spread
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Convergence English language
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-Half billion speak English as their primary language
-English is an international second language
-English is an international second language
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Convergence New Technologies
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almost every culture is familiar with telephone, television, computers
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Convergence New Technologies
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Technologies link us together
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Global Sports
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Cable television, people can follow sports in every part of the world
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Global sports
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some events have a global audience (Ex: The Olympics and the World Cup)
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Global sports
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Sports provide a universal language to bridge cultural gap
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