Human Interaction With The Environment

EXAMPLES OF HOW HUMANS HAVE INTERACTED WITH THE ENVIRONMENT

THROUGH THE AGES.By: Marissa L. Rivera

EARLY MANPaleolithic Era- the

earliest period of the Stone Age

Migrate-to move from on place to another

Consequences-a result of an action

FARMERS AND CITY DWELLERSDroughts-a long period of

time with little or no rainDomesticate-to train

animals or plants for human use

Slash-and-burn-farming-a system of farming in which thick forest lands are cut and burned to prepare the soil for planting

Surplus-an extra supply

MESOPOTAMIATributes-a required

payment from one ruler to a more powerful ruler

Silt- soil and tiny rocks carried or deposited on the land by floodwaters

Caravans-a group of traders traveling together on a long journey

Architectures-a style of building

GREECEPeninsula-a stretch of

land almost completely surrounded by water

Cultural Borrowing-the process by which a culture takes ideas from other cultures

Acropolis-a fort built on top of a large hill

Bards-professional story teller

EGYPTScribe-a person who

records things for othersPyramids-a structure

that served as tombs for Egyptian rulers

Pharaoh-a ruler of ancient Egypt

City-state-a city and the farmlands around it

Mummification- to preserve a body

ROMEMt.Vesuvius-Forum- a public

square in ancient Roman cities

Currency-moneyConfederation-a

group of governments joined together gore a common purpose