DIFFUSION

• Process of spatial exchange have influenced events in the past and continue to shape the present

COLUMBIAN EXCHANGE

• Plants ,animals,ideas,and even diseases were exchanged between people

CULTURAL CONVERGENCE

• When different cultures come together

CULTURAL DIVERSION

• When different cultures separate

PANDEMIC FLU

CHINESE INVENTORS FOSTER EUROPEAN EXPLORATION

• Europeans copied Chinese products such as gun powder compass and printing
• They used gunpowder to light cannons
• These inventions allow the rulers of Spain and Portugal to launch voyages for exploration

THE COLUMBIAN EXCHANGE

• European and Native American cultures introduced new products to both cultures
• Native Americans developed many foods unknown to the Europeans

THE SPREAD OF CHINESE CULTURES

• China brought many aspects of Chinese culture to japan
• Chinese music , art ,pottery weaving and cooking influenced Japanese styles
• Buddhism taught the Japanese to reject selfish desires

tHE GLOBaL REACH OF AMERICAN POPULAR CULTURE

• After world war 2 American popular music and movies became popular in Europe