Basketball was introduced to the Philippines by American teachers in the early twentieth century. By the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries, the sport had become deeply embedded in Filipino culture. In neighborhoods (barangays) across the archipelago, basketball courts—often makeshift hoops mounted on coconut trees or utility poles—became centers of community life. Local tournaments are held during town fiestas, often sponsored by local politicians and integrated with traditional religious festivals. The game is played with a distinct local style emphasizing speed, agility, and street-smart playmaking over the height-dominated play typical of North American professional leagues.
The development described in the passage best illustrates which of the following processes in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries?
- The hybridization of global culture through local adaptation and modificationAnswer
- BThe complete homogenization of global culture under Western influence
- CThe spread of new agricultural technologies that disrupted rural community cohesion
- DThe continuation of direct political administration by Western imperial powers