Twenty years ago,few people in the United States had never heard of naan-an oven-baked flat bread that is a staple of many Indian meals.Today,prepackaged naan can be found in many U.S.supermarkets and is becoming increasingly common on dinner tables from California to Kansas.Sociologists would say that this is an example of
A)cultural assimilation.
B)cultural diffusion.
C)cultural transfusion.
D)cultural fission.

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Cultural diffusion refers to the spread of cultural beliefs, practices, and products from one society to another. In this case, the spread of naan from India to the United States is an example of cultural diffusion. Assimilation (choice A) refers to the absorption of minority groups into the dominant culture, transfer (choice C) refers to sharing cultural practices between two groups, and fission (choice D) refers to the splitting of a cultural group into smaller, more distinct subgroups. None of these concepts accurately capture the spread of naan in the United States.

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