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The Diffusion of Languages and Religions in the Americas
Trace how Indigenous, European, and African belief systems and languages spread and blended across the hemisphere.
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Cultural Diffusion, Technology, and Global Interconnections
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Explain how innovations in transportation, communication, and trade facilitate the movement of people, ideas, and cultural practices.
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Learning standards covered
6.14Oregon Social Studies Standards · All agesIdentify and describe how the physical and human characteristics of places and regions connect to human identities and cultures in the Western Hemisphere.
6.15Oregon Social Studies Standards · All agesExplain and demonstrate how changes in transportation and communication technology affects the spatial connections among human settlements and the diffusion of ideas and cultural practices (such as, religion, land use, population).