Early Man

1. Early Man • Early man interacted with their environment by: • They hunting Animals • They gathered plants • They used stone to make tools • They made fire (warmth eliminated diseases)

2. Early Farmers Early farmers interacted with their environment by: They invented slash and burn farming They harvested They made canals They grew crops They made irrigation

3. Mesopotamians • Mesopotamians interacted with their environment by • They built mud brick houses • They made clay pots • Got water from the Tigris and Euphrates rivers • Some of their rivers flooded • They traded wood • They had many droughts • They made irrigation • They had a surplus in food

4. Egyptians Egyptians interacted with their environment by Used the Nile river to transport goods They traded and got wood They made pyramids They used the delta They usedsilt

5. Ancient Chinese The Ancient Chinese interacted with their environment by: They used the Huang He River They made steppes. They used characters to dialect They used oracle bones to tell the future They had Confucianism They used filial piety They had and used the Mandate of Heaven They used the silk road

6. Ancient Greece The Ancient Greeks interacted with their environment by: They had city states They used myths, legends, and mythology They had many peasants They used peninsulas and isthmuses to trade They adapted to two lives: life by the sea or life in the mountains They believed in many gods and goddesses Each city state had an acropolis and an agora They had three main types of rulings: democracy, oligarchy, and tyrant.