GAVY & BRITTANY

DIFFUSION

• Refers to how something defuses or spreads

COLUMBIAN EXCHANGE

• The introduction of products to cultures

CULTURAL CONVERGENCE

• To come together

CULTURAL DIVERGENCE

• To separate or go into different directions

PANDEMIC FLU

• A new strain of influenza that may lead to a global pandemic flu

CHINESE INVENTIONS FOSTERS EUROPEAN EXPLORATION

• China developed gun powder,the compass and printing.
• Europeans copied the products
• And used to their own advatages.

THE COLUMBIA EXCHANGE

• European and native encountered each in 1492
• This lead to the Colombian exchanged
• Led to the introduction of both cultures.

THE SPREAD OF CHINESE CULTURE

• Because of Japan's location to china this brought many aspect of Chinese culture to japan.
• Buddhism and Confucianism also came from china and interacted with Japanese
• Japanese also adapted Chinese characters to creat own written language.

THE GLOBAL REACH OF AMERICAN POPULAR CULTURE

• American culture is a product of many cultures.
• From native Americans English,French and Spanish (ect).
• Parts of Americans culture spread to Europe and later spread to every continent.

THE BUBONIC PLAGUE

• Highly contagious disease.
• First I merge in china and central asia
• The bacteria causing this diseases were carried by flies
• That lived on rats.
• Merchants ships unknowingly caring rats.

THE AVIAN FLU THREAT

• Detected in birds in vietnam.
• Humans have no immunity init
• It was feared this flu might combine with human viruses
• That would lead to a highly contagious and deadly outbreak.