The spreading of cultural ideas Cultural Diffusion The spreading of cultural ideas

Spread of New Products Silk Road Columbian Exchange Methods Used Today

Silk Road The Silk Road gets its name from the lucrative Chinese silk trade along it. Land route that connected Ancient China, the Middle East, and the Roman Empire. Merchants from many different cultures used this route to trade goods. Though silk was certainly the major trade item from China, many other goods were traded, and various technologies, religions and philosophies, as well as the bubonic plague (the "Black Death"), also traveled along the Silk Routes.

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Columbian Exchange The exchange of goods between the Americas and Europe. Europe to Americas: horses, sheep, cattle, wheat, onions, carrots, lettuce, grape Americas to Europe: Corn, beans, chocolate, peanuts, squash, tobacco, potatoes, peppers.

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Spread of New Products Today Today technology allows for the exchange of new products to be much faster and easier. Transportation is much faster and more broad today.

Spread of Ideas Contact between cultures can also lead to the exchange of ideas. Ex: Islam spreading to North Africa, Spain, and Southeast Asia.

Spread of Cultural Traits Cultural traits from one culture can become traits to another culture through cultural diffusion. Clothes, art, food, music Ex: the popularity of Chinese and Mexican food in the United States. Ex: the Beatles, Michael Jackson, Madonna being famous worldwide.

Global Reach of American Popular Culture Radio Movies TV shows T-shirts Blue Jeans Fast Food: McDonalds and Taco Bell

Pandemics; Spread of Disease A negative effect of diffusion. Disease can spread through trade. Ex: Bubonic Plague- devastated Europe and Asia during the Middle Ages.

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Also, in your notes make sure you know…(Pages 82-85) List & explain internal factors of cultural change. List & explain spatial interaction of cultural change. Define Culture Hearths, Globalization, & Connectivity and explain how they relate to cultural change in the contemporary world. List the benefits of globalization. List the challenges of globalization. Explain the positive factors of migration. Explain the negative factors of migration.