1. the division of an area into smaller regions, which are usually hostile to one another ethnic cleansing

2. a system under which foreign governments take control of an area for political and/or economic purposes cultural diffusion

3. the contact and interaction of culture groups geopolitical

4. the process whereby one culture adopts traits of another culture cultural convergence

5. government policy that attempts to restrict the access of its population to outside culture balkanization

6. groups living near each other while maintaining their unique cultures cultural mosaic

7. policy whereby one group of individuals of common ancestry is removed from an area by another group of individuals of common ancestry, either through death or expulsion cultural divergence

8. the link between geography and politics colonization

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Kaylee Swanson

12 August, 21:07

1. the division of an area into smaller regions, which are usually hostile to one another ethnic cleansing

2. a system under which foreign governments take control of an area for political and/or economic purposes cultural diffusion

3. the contact and interaction of culture groups geopolitical

4. the process whereby one culture adopts traits of another culture cultural convergence

5. government policy that attempts to restrict the access of its population to outside culture balkanization

6. groups living near each other while maintaining their unique cultures cultural mosaic

7. policy whereby one group of individuals of common ancestry is removed from an area by another group of individuals of common ancestry, either through death or expulsion cultural divergence

8. the link between geography and politics colonization

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Amber Baxter · Answer 1

1 balkanization 2 colonization 3 cultural mosaic 4 cultural diffusion

5 cultural convergence 6 cultural divergence 7 etnic cleansing 8 geopolitics

Explanation:

1. This is what happened in former Yugoslavia.

2. This is what happened in large parts of the world from the moment European nations wanted to enlarge their empires.

3. Nowadays we all live in a cultural mosaic where there is cultural interaction all the time.

4. Adopting traits of another culture is a way of diffusing culture.

5. & 6. Converging is reducing social differences; divergence is to accentuate the (cultural) differences.

7. The Hutu's and Tutsi's for example.

8. Geopolitics is, like the word itself makes clear, the link between Geography and Politics.