The Diffusion Pipeline

Unit 3 examines the spatial distribution of cultural traits, including language, religion, and ethnicity. Students learn how culture diffuses from hearths to other regions and how the cultural landscape reflects the val… The Diffusion Pipeline turns that idea into something you can manipulate directly and watch respond.

Unit 3 examines the spatial distribution of cultural traits, including language, religion, and ethnicity. Students learn how culture diffuses from hearths to other regions and how the cultural landscape reflects the val… It focuses on Cultural Diffusion (Expansion vs. Relocation), Cultural Landscape, Ethnocentrism vs. Cultural Relativism, Lingua Franca, Universalizing vs. Ethnic Religions, Acculturation and Assimilation from the “Unit 3: Cultural Patterns and Processes” section.

You can drag elements directly on the canvas; the “Contagious”, “Hierarchical”, “Relocation”, “Stimulus” buttons run actions or reset the demo. Every change updates the visualization in real time, so you can see exactly how each variable affects the outcome.

AP Human Geography introduces students to the systematic study of patterns and processes that have shaped human understanding, use, and alteration of Earth's surface. Students employ spatial concepts and landscape analy… This demo is the interactive piece for the “Unit 3: Cultural Patterns and Processes” section. Open the full AP Human Geography course wiki at https://www.getlykke.com/explore/public/ap-human-geography-689b4df1-0d85-4ac5-a723-f52936dce101 for notes, flashcards, quizzes and the other demos.

You'll build intuition for Cultural Diffusion (Expansion vs. Relocation), Cultural Landscape, Ethnocentrism vs. Cultural Relativism, Lingua Franca, Universalizing vs. Ethnic Religions, Acculturation and Assimilation — and, crucially, see how they behave when you change the inputs, which is hard to get from a textbook or lecture on AP Human Geography alone.