Cultural Convergence and Divergence Quiz

Which activity provides an example of cultural diffusion from the Middle East to Africa?

• weaving traditional kente cloth in Ghana

• using masks in traditional African ceremonies

• making bronze sculptures in ancient Benin

• practicing Islam in Nigeria

Which process is illustrated by the map?

• the Columbian Exchange

• the movement of goods

• cultural diffusion

• cultural divergence

What conclusion can best be drawn from the information in the map?

• Buddhism failed to have any influence on Japan

• Buddhism began in northern India and spread throughout much of Asia

• Buddhism was unable to spread to islands in the Pacific

• Buddhism moved from Indonesia India and then to Afghanistan

Hindu scholars contributed to mathematics by developing the decimal system and the concept of zero. Arab mathematicians transmitted these ideas to Western Europe. What conclusion is best drawn from these facts?

• Europeans had no ideas to share with Hindus and Arabs

• Hindus and Arabs developed first civilizations

• The study of mathematics first began in Europe

• New ideas are often spread through contacts between cultures

Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) Cultural Convergence

,

(b) Cultural Divergence

• Spread of the English language around the world

• Shift towards democracy allowed K-Pop to become popular

• The Olympics

• North Korea keeping their people from knowing anything about the rest of the world

• Amish people living in America

• Communist policies caused the city of Berlin to be separated from the democratic side

• Mexico's holiday of Dia De Los Muertos being celebrated in America

• Swiss Alps keeping the country out of both World Wars.

The Eastern Orthodox Church and the Cyrillic alphabet originated in the Byzantine Empire. What does the practice of this religion and the use of this alphabet in nearby Russia indicate?

• Russia was conquered by the Byzantine Empire

• Russia was influenced by cultural diffusion

• Russia's leaders eliminated the influence of the Mongol

• Russia's geographic isolation led to cultural diversity

Which was a direct result of the initial contact between European cultures and Native American cultures in the 1490s?

• Most Spaniards migrated to the "New World"

• Spanish settlers rejected Christianity for Native Americans religious beliefs

• New diseases arrived in the Americas from which natives lacked immunity

• Native American used Spanish settlers as a source of cheap labor

Geographers consider the areas stretching above and below the Sahara Desert as part of the African continent. Some geographers feel the cultures of North Africa are more closely associated with those of the Middle East than with Sub-Saharan Africa. This shows that -

• cultural characteristics can be used to define regions

• Africa was subjected to European Imperalism

• most Africans would like to emigrate to the Middle East

• North Africa's physical features prevented contact with the Middle East

"The Mongols made no technological breakthroughs, founded no new religions, wrote few books, and gave the world no new crops or methods of agriculture. Their own craftsmen could not weave cloth, cast metal, make pottery or bake bread. They manufactured no porcelain or pottery, painted no pictures, and build no buildings. Yet, as their army conquered culture after culture, they collected and passed all of these skills from one civilization to the next..."

What conclusion can be drawn from this paragraph about the Mongols?

• The Mongols rejected technology

• The Mongols were urbanized

• The Mongols were a peaceful people

• The Mongols contributed to cultural diffusion