Spatial Diffusion AP Human Geography Quiz: Test Your Knowledge!

📚 Quick Study Guide

• 🌍 Spatial Diffusion: The process by which a concept, practice, or substance spreads from its point of origin to new territories.
• 🔥 Hearth: The origin or place of innovation from which diffusion occurs.
• 📈 Expansion Diffusion: The spread of a feature from one place to another in a snowballing process. Includes hierarchical, contagious, and stimulus diffusion.
• 🏢 Hierarchical Diffusion: The spread of a feature or trend from one key person or node of authority or power to other persons or places. Example: Fashion trends spreading from major cities to smaller towns.
• 🦠 Contagious Diffusion: The rapid, widespread diffusion of a feature or trend throughout a population. Example: The spread of a disease.
• 💡 Stimulus Diffusion: The spread of an underlying principle, even though a specific characteristic is rejected. Example: Adapting a fast-food menu to suit local tastes.
• 🚧 Relocation Diffusion: The spread of a feature or trend through bodily movement of people from one place to another. Example: The spread of language through migration.
• ↩️ Reverse Hierarchical Diffusion: Diffusion up a hierarchy, such as from small towns to large cities.

✍️ Practice Quiz

1. Which type of diffusion involves the spread of an idea from persons or nodes of authority down to other persons or places?
   1. Hierarchical Diffusion
   2. Contagious Diffusion
   3. Stimulus Diffusion
   4. Relocation Diffusion
2. The origin or starting point of a diffusion process is known as:
   1. The Core
   2. The Periphery
   3. The Hearth
   4. The Domain
3. Which of the following is an example of relocation diffusion?
   1. The spread of a new song on the radio
   2. The spread of Christianity by missionaries
   3. The increasing popularity of smartphones
   4. The construction of a new highway
4. What type of diffusion occurs when an underlying principle spreads, even though the characteristic itself fails to diffuse?
   1. Expansion Diffusion
   2. Relocation Diffusion
   3. Stimulus Diffusion
   4. Contagious Diffusion
5. The spread of a disease like the flu is an example of:
   1. Hierarchical Diffusion
   2. Contagious Diffusion
   3. Relocation Diffusion
   4. Stimulus Diffusion
6. Which type of diffusion involves the actual movement of individuals who carry an idea or innovation to a new place?
   1. Expansion Diffusion
   2. Hierarchical Diffusion
   3. Relocation Diffusion
   4. Contagious Diffusion
7. The increasing popularity of tattoos, starting with celebrities and then spreading to the general population, is an example of:
   1. Contagious Diffusion
   2. Relocation Diffusion
   3. Hierarchical Diffusion
   4. Stimulus Diffusion