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