Culture

6.15(A)

How Cultures Spread and Mix

Identify and describe means of cultural diffusion such as trade, travel, and war.

Part of The student understands relationships that exist among world cultures

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How Cultures Spread

Cultures spread from place to place through trade, travel, and war. Cultural diffusion is the spread of ideas, beliefs, foods, languages, and inventions from one group of people to another. Look for something that started in one place and later shows up somewhere else because people carried it there.