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Talent 21 Social Studies 2012

Talent 21 Social Studies 2012. How did humans directly impact the environment? By: Alana Miskovic. This year for talent 21 I will be telling you about 7 different early civilizations. f rom this power point you will learn about how early civilizations impacted the environment.

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Talent 21 Social Studies 2012

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  1. Talent 21 Social Studies 2012 How did humans directly impact the environment? By: Alana Miskovic

  2. This year for talent 21 I will be telling you about 7 different early civilizations. • from this power point you will learn about how early civilizations impacted the environment. • This power point is in order of the times the civilizations.

  3. After glacier age • Couldn’t reproduce • they were attacked (animals) • The humans impacted the early environment because with the new dry land, the fire caught and spread more rapidly.

  4. Early man • Forest fires caused by campfires were very hazardous and life threatening. • The fire took down wild life • The fires damaged vegetation. • Over hunting caused animals to die out.

  5. Early farmers • Farmers used irrigation systems to water their crops. • They used them when a source of water was far away. • Most today farmers use tractors to plow the dirt but back then, they used oxen.

  6. Mesopotamia • Farmed crops • 110 degree temperatures • Seasonal flooding • Farmers learned how to control the flooding in order to keep the crops alive.

  7. Egypt • Daily life in the Egypt revolved around the Nile and when the flooding would fertilize their crops and provide food for their family. • Trading • Building

  8. Greece • Greece had a lot of beaches • Sometimes Greeks turn to piracy • Greece was not always a easy place to live in. • The soil wasn’t rich and there wasn’t enough fresh water. • The Greeks also started the Olympics.

  9. Rome • The warm air moved around the building through spaces under floors and between the walls. • Salt flats because salt was valuable • Used the water to their advantages in order to trade • The heating systems, which was kept going by slaves, who kept a fire blazing in a furnace to heat warm air.

  10. Conclusion • Have you learned anything now? In the power point you just saw you learned how the ancient civilizations made an ecological footprint in the world we live in now.

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