Human Interaction with the environment Examples of how Humans have interacted and changed the environment through the ages.
Feb 13, 2016
Human Interaction with the environmentExamples of how
Humans have interacted and changed
the environment through the ages.
Early ManNomads - People
who had no settle home.
Technology- ways to make and do things.
Migrate – to move from one place to an other.
Role – a responsibility.
Farmers and City DwellersDivision of labor – to
divide work among themselves according to there ability.
Agriculture – another word for farming.
Domesticate – to adapt plants or animals to there uses.
Merchants – people that sell goods bought from traders.
MesopotamiaCaravans – group of
traders traveled together on long journeys.
Almanacs – written on clay tablets to explain the best way to plant, irrigate land, and care for crops
Ziggurat – the largest and tallest building in every city-state
Cuneiform – a writing system
EgyptAfter life – a life
after deathPapyrus – paper
made from plant called papyrus pant.
Nation-state – a region with a united people and single government.
Pyramids - a triangular structure
GreeceDemocracy – rule by
the peopleHarbor, Peninsula,
Isthmus – are water resources for the Greeks to use
Acropolis – a fort started on a hill.
Cultural-borrowing – a culture takes another culture idea.
RomeColosseum – where
people got entertained from Roman games
Road – made to move Romans soldiers to point A to point B
Concrete – type of material used for structures
Standing Army – a army always established