Starting back up on Cultural Geography.

Today in class we took notes on the Cultural Geography presentation. We took a lot of notes so i might as well just write them down.

• 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 the official languages.
• Switzerland has multiple languages but very little conflict between the groups.
• English is now considered the World language and is used for most businesses transactions around the world.
• Examples of Cultural Characteristics...
• Ethnic heritage..
• In Yugoslavia, many ethnic groups were made into one country. (Serbs, Croat, Bosnian's, and Albanians).
• When strong leadership 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 are dominate.
• The Hutus are dominant in one and the Tutsis are dominant in the other.
• The Tutsis persecute the Hutus and the Hutus persecute the Tutsis.
• The U.S and Switzerland have peacefully merged multiple ethnic groups in their countries.
• Korea, Japan, and China have primarily one ethnic group.
• On the Island of Cyprus, the Greeks and the Turks try to gain control.