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Human Interaction with the Environment

Human Interaction with the Environment. Examples of how Humans interacted and changed the environment through the ages. Early man. Migrate - to move one place to another. Hunting & gathering -members of homo sapiens who spent hours hunting.

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Human Interaction with the Environment

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  1. Human Interaction with the Environment Examples of how Humans interacted and changed the environment through the ages.

  2. Early man • Migrate- to move one place to another. • Hunting & gathering-members of homo sapiens who spent hours hunting. • technology- the proper knowledge to invent new tools.

  3. Farmers & City Dwellers • Plow- a tool to cut, lift, and turn soil. • Irrigation- ways to move water to land • Slash & Burn farming- a method in which forestland is cut and burned to prepare the soil.

  4. Mesopotamia • Silt-soil or tiny rocks carried on land by sea. • Caravan- a group of traders on a long journey • Architecture- a style of building

  5. Egypt • Mummification- to preserve a body • Pyramids- a structure that served as a tomb for ancient rulers • Papyrus- a paper like material on which the Egyptians wrote on

  6. Greece • Harbor- a shelter place with deep water close to shore • Cultural-Borrowing- the process in which a culture takes a idea from another culture • Acropolis- a fort built on top of a hill

  7. Rome • Roads- to get around faster • Romanize- to make roman in character • Arable- good for growing crops

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