Question

Which of the following scenarios is the best example of cultural diffusion?

a. American English is taught in schools throughout the United States.
b. McDonald's opens more restaurants throughout the United States.
c. The Iowa State Fair hosts a cow-milking contest with local farmers' cattle.
d. Salsa dancing becomes popular in Miami, Florida, due to a large Latino population.

Answer 1

The answer is D because answers A, B, and C are simply spreading American culture throughout America, thats not cultural diffusion by any means.

Answer 2

The correct answer is D. The best example of cultural diffusion is Salsa dancing becoming popular in Miami, Florida, due to a large Latino population.

Step-by-step explanation:

Cultural diffusion is the extension of the cultural values of a collectivity, denominated transmitter, to another that assimilates the uses and foreign customs called receiver, being the cultural diffusion an essential part of the process of acculturation. In the case, a tradition as it is the dance of salsa is implanted in a culture that is alien to this.