12/3

Today in Human Geo, it took a little while to get started. When we did get started, we took notes. Here are the notes that I took today which are the second part to ones from before the movie.

Language

• Arabic unites the Arab world
• Spanish unites the Hispanic world 
• Brazil is the only South American nation which does not speak Spanish. (They speak Portuguese) 
• Canada is a bilingual nation. French and English are their official. Canada has provinces instead of states.
• The US has no official languages
• Switzerland has multiple languages but very little conflict between groups
• English is now (some what) considered the world language... (I didn't finish this part)

Ethnic Heritage

• In Yugoslavia, many ethnic groups were made into one country (Serbs, Croats, Bosnians....)

• When strong leaders died out, the different groups fought a very bloody civil war and now they all have separate countries
• In the countries of Rwanda and Burundi in Africa, two ethnic groups dominate, the Tutsis and Hutus
• The Hutus are dominant in one and they persecute the Tutsis, and the Tutsis are dominant in the other and they persecute the Hutus. It has led to almost constant war between the groups
• The United States and Switzerland have peacefully merged multiple ethnic groups in their countries  
• Korea and Japan have primarily one ethnic group
• On the island of Cuprus, the Greeks and Turks try to gain control