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AP Human Geography
Unit 3 – Cultural Geography
Topic 3.3
What does syncretism refer to in cultural geography?
The combination of different cultures into something distinctively new while keeping traces of original elements.
The process where a single culture spreads and becomes globally dominant
The creation of entirely new cultures without any influence from existing ones.
The destruction and disappearance of one culture due to conquest by another culture.
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