CHAPTER 12 VOCAB

DIFFUSION

• Transport phenomena that occurs in nature
• Diffusion is helpful for the spread of culture.

SPATIAL EXCHANGE

• The relation of space and objects within it
• The room had a lot of spatial exchange.

COLUMBIAN EXCHANGE

• Widespread exchange of culture between America and Europe
• The columbian exchange was a huge change for the whole world

CULTURAL CONVERGENCE

• Growing cultural unity throughout the world
• Cultural convergence is widespread with books and music as well as languages

CULTURAL DIVERGENCE

• Separation of culture into different directions
• Cultural divergence can be a good and bad thing for the world.

PANDEMICS

• Epidemic of infectious disease
• There have been few pandemics through history
• They do lots of damage when they strike