During the American occupation of Japan following World War II, the Japanese observed soldiers playing baseball and later adopted it as one of their favorite pastimes. This is an example of:

So the Japanese after watching the American soldier playing basket ball have adapted basketball as a favorite recreational activity and this scenario is considered a classic example of cultural diffusion. It is interesting to see this kind of merge in habits during the time of war between two powerful countries.

Explanation:

everyone shares everything

- "the past is made of multitudinous items ranging from anything that can be collected, recollected or assessed to originate in the past. as such, the past is a gallimaufry of particulars that may not have been related in any way. however, the human mind seeks organization to understand concepts and other things. the human mind therefore seeks relationships in explaining and studying the past. history being a humanity, dictates that historians have to serve this human trait by bringing structure to details of the past. historians do this by creating interpretive frameworks that capture as many details as possible."

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