External Migration

A. How has voluntary and forced migrations transformed the human landscape?

The human landscape has been transformed through both voluntary and forced migrations. Many european immigrants colonized the Americas, Australia, the Oceania, and Asia rapidly. Slaves also contributed to the immigrants, and instead of have most of the World’s population concentrated in Europe, the human population was scattered across the World.

B. What are some examples of ethnic minorities being forced off their land in the twentieth century?

Some of the ethnic minorities that were forced off their land were the African Slaves, Jews, and Muslims.

C. Examine xenophobia, how has this fear produced violence across the world? (20th century)

Xenophobia is an intense fear of people from other countries. People with this have an irrational hatred to foreign people or ideas. This can produce violence as people who are ignorant to other cultures will use war to combat the foreign ideas. These people don’t understand how important it is to have many different cultures in a society.