Human-environment Interaction

Chapter 12, Section 3

Vocabulary

• Dike

• Polder

• Seaworks

• Terpen

A Human Perspective

Polders: Land from the Sea

• 40% polders

• Seaworks– Dikes

– Terpen

• Windmillselectric motors

• Transforming the sea– Zuider ZeeIjsselmeer

• Why do you think they could do this in 1667?

Waterways for Commerce

• Venice• Shelter to Major Port• Built on pilings

– Deforestation

– That sinking feeling…

• Rising water, sinking land

• Structural damage

• Increased seawater in lagoon

• Damage to artwork and buildings

• Agricultural run-off causes algae

• Die-off stinks

A Century’s old Problem: Deforestation

• Why deforestation?– Field clearing– Wood for fuel– Building material for ships

and houses– Charcoal for the Industrial

Revolution

• Acid rain further damaging forests

• Why would restoring a forest be a slow process?

7. About what percent of Holland was once under the sea?

a. 5%

b. 10%

c. 25%

d. 40%

8. What are some of the problems faced by the people of Venice?

a. Oh, Culver City is way cooler

b. The land is sinking

c. The sea is rising

d. all of the above

9. What causes acid rain?

a. Factory emissions

b. Deforestation

c. Airplane exhaust

d. It is the angels crying