Human Interaction with the Environment

Building dams is an example of?

• Adapting to the environment
• Depending on the environment
• Modifying the environment
• Loving the environment

Why are the Rainforests being destroyed?

• diseases carried by insects
• Wildfires
• tropical storms
• human demand for wood and farmland

How do humans affect their environment?

• positvely
• negatively
• both

Modern day Egyptians have built the Aswan Dam to keep the Nile River from flooding.  This is an example of...

• modifying
• adapting
• depending

In ancient times, the annual flooding of the Nile River produced good soil for growing crops.  This is an example of...

• adapting
• modifying
• depending

Building dams, plowing and irrigating fields, and digging mines are examples of...  

• depending
• adapting
• modifying

Humans depend on the natural environment for their basic needs.  Which doesnʻt belong

• food
• shelter
• clothing
• electronics

Throughout history, people have lived on mountains, in deserts, and along rivers and coastlines. 
What does this great variety in the areas of human settlement demonstrate?

• People organize similar types of government.
• People can adapt to different physical environments.
• People enter similar jobs in very different regions.
• People prefer to live away from where other people settle.

Is this an example of a modification or an adaptation?

• Adaptation
• Modification

Which is an example of an unintended consequence of building a highway?

• Highways allow people in rural areas to reach available jobs in big cities.
• Highways allow products to be quickly shipped across land.
• Highways allow for travel within a country and encourage tourism.
• Cars and trucks using highways increase air pollution, which cause smog and acid rain.