Human Interaction with the Environment

1. Human Interaction with the Environment Examples of how humans have interacted and changed the environment through the ages.

2. Early Man • Paleolithic era - this was the earliest period in the Stone Age • Hunting and Gathering – early humans that used their time to search for food • Technology – a way to develop new things that would help early humans to survive Hunters would find animals and use their meat for food to help them survive.

3. Farmers and City Dwellers • Domesticate – a way to use or tame plants and animals so humans can survive • Irrigation - the way of moving water to land • Surplus – an extra amount of something • Government – a system that requires leaders and laws People used these canals to bring water to land.

4. Mesopotamia • Bronze – used to make tools and is made from tin and copper • Ziggurat – a temple • Cuneiform – the Mesopotamian writing system used with wedge shaped symbols People of Mesopotamia used ziggurats to worship their gods.

5. Egypt • Diplomacy – a way to conduct negotiations • Papyrus – the paper-like material that Egyptians recorded things on • Afterlife – the life after someone’s death Egyptians weaved this plant together and made a paper-like substance called papyrus. Egyptians used papyrus to record things on.

6. Greece • Bards - a person that is professional storyteller that travels from town to town and will tell stories ,myths, sings songs to other people • Isthmus – a strip of land that connects to larger land areas • Harbors – a place with deep water near a shore The Greeks used harbors for travel routes.

7. Rome • Road - was the first country to have roads • Forum – a public square in a Roman city • Arable – land that is good for growing crops. Rome was the first country to have roads. Their first roads were made of stone.