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AP World History Review: Human/Environment Interaction. Mr. Millhouse AP World History Hebron High School. Human/Environment Interaction. This theme includes: Demography & Disease Demography is the statistical study of human populations Migrations Patterns of Settlement Technology.
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AP World History Review:Human/Environment Interaction Mr. Millhouse AP World History Hebron High School
Human/Environment Interaction • This theme includes: • Demography & Disease • Demography is the statistical study of human populations • Migrations • Patterns of Settlement • Technology
Paleolithic Era: Demography Population growth during the Paleolithic Era was relatively stagnant
Paleolithic Era: Patterns of Settlement • Hunter-Gatherers (Foragers) • Men hunt and/or fish; women gather fruits • Follow migratory patterns of animals • Need large portions of land to support themselves • Life expectancy was 20 years or less • Lived in groups of 20-30 people
Neolithic Era: Technology • Agriculture (10,000 BCE) • Caused by climate change? • Slash & Burn • Domestication of Animals • Technology related to agriculture • Irrigation, canals, etc. • Bronze metallurgy • People need nature & nature needs people
Neolithic Era: Demography • Effects of agriculture • Increase in population • Rise of disease • Decline of life expectancy • Environmental degradation • Increase in pollution • Increase in deforestation • Increase in desertification Intensive agriculture caused human population to jump from 5-8 million to 60 to 70 million in 5,000 years
New Patterns of Settlement • Small village communities • Pastoral societies • Nomadic herders • Rise of civilizations • Mesopotamia (3500 BCE) • Egypt (3000 BCE) • Indus River (2500 BCE) • China (2000 BCE) • Olmec (1400 BCE) • Chavin (900 BCE)
Human Migration: Polynesians Bananas!
New Technology: Iron • Iron use begins 1500 BCE • Effects of Iron • Population growth • Expansion of agriculture • Growth of cities • Expansion of civilization
Classical Demography • Spread of epidemic disease • Smallpox, Justinian plague, etc. • Population decreases dramatically • Europe falls 50% between 200-600 CE • Asia’s population falls from 170 to 135 million between 0-600 CE • Contributes to the decline of classical empires
Post-Classical Migration Camels!
Post-Classical Demography • Population grows after 800 CE • Technology • Europe: moldboard plow and three-field system • China: Champa rice & terrace farming • Africa: Iron plow • Aztecs: Chinampas • Spread of crops • Rice, cotton, sugarcane, citrus fruits, etc. End of a mini-Ice Age?
Post-Classical Demography • Urbanization • Hangzhou—1 million ppl. • Paris—275,000 people • Italian cities • Tenochtitlan • Bubonic Plague • China’s population fell 50% from 1200-1400 • Europe’s population fell 33%-50% • Population took only 100 years to rebound
Demography 1450-1750: Americas • Discovery of the Americas • Decreased indigenous American population by as much as 90% • Replaced by two waves of migration • African slave trade • European colonization
Demography 1450-1750: China • China’s population tripled from 1650-1750 • Improved farming techniques • Introduction of American crops (potatoes and corn) • End of nomadic invasions
Demography 1450-1750: Europe • Urbanization • Netherlands became 1st country with 50% urban population • London—50,000 in 1600; 400,000 by 1650 • Paris—200,000 in 1350; 500,000 by 1700 • Agricultural Revolution • Crop rotation and enclosures • American crops (corn and potatoes) • Population in every area of Europe increased by 50-100% in the 18th century
Industrial Revolution & Resources Cotton Cotton Cotton Palm Oil Rubber Rubber Rubber Gold & Diamonds Gold Meat
Demography 1750-1914: Europe • Tremendous population growth • Improvements in food supply • Application of science & technology • Improved seeds, fertilizer, & livestock • Refrigeration • Industrial transportation eliminates famine • Steamboat • Creates a greater need for new energy sources • Coal, electricity, gas, & petroleum
Demography 1750-1914: Europe • Demographic transition • High to low mortality • High to low fertility • Rapid urbanization • Suburbanization • Decline in urban mortality • Urban sanitation • Germ theory of disease
European Migration from 1750 • 40 million Europeans emigrated to the two Americas, Australia, Asiatic Australia, South Africa, and other areas
African Slave Trade after 1750 • Nearly two million Africans were shipped to the Americas between 1750 & 1870
Demography 1750-1914: Asia • Japanese population growth increased dramatically after 1850 • Provides labor for industrialization & helps promote imperialism • Asia’s population nearly doubled • China’s population went from 220 million to 435 million • India’s population went from 165 million to 290 million
Asian labor migration after 1750 Japan: Over 500,000 to the Americas and Pacific China: Over 8 million emigrated to Southeast Asia (Thailand-1.5 million & Indonesia-2.8 million) and the Americas India: Over 1 million emigrated as indentured servants to South Africa & Caribbean U.S. limits immigration with Chinese Exclusion Act & Gentlemen’s Agreement
Population Explosion of 20th Century • Why? • Introduction of new food crops (Columbian Exchange), colonialism ended local warfare, railroads cut down on famine, improved hygiene & medicine, resistance to birth control, declining infant mortality rates
Causes of Population Growth • Public Health Measures • Attacks on disease carrying insects • Widespread vaccinations • Polio Vaccine • Information campaigns • Programs to control sewage and other contaminants • International agencies focused on health care • More dependable food supplies • New farming methods
Diseases Associated with Old Age Predicted Alzheimer's cases 2005-2050
Improved Agriculture Green Revolution Peasants Uprisings China, Mexico, etc. Pressure Third World governments Urbanization Parasitic cities Urban pollution Immigration East Asian emigration continued Middle East & Africans emigrated to Western Europe & the U.S. Immigrants face prejudice Impacts of Population Growth
Limiting Population Growth • Many countries advocated birth control & legalized abortion • 85% of countries backed family planning • China adopted a two-child policy in 1977 • Eventually became a one-child policy in 1979 • Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi proposed involuntary sterilization • Return of plague epidemics • AIDS virus
New Scientific Discoveries • Einstein’s Theory of Relativity • Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle • Quantum mechanics • Behavior of matter & energy at the atomic level • Big Bang Theory • Psychology • Sigmund Freud • Karl Jung