Module 3 Lesson 4 Human-Environment Interaction

Cutting flat steps or terraces into the side of a mountain to have more land to cultivate is known as

• tribute

• quechua

• terrace farming

• chinampas farming

Farming and raising livestock for profit is called

• Subsistence farming

• Commercial farming

• Arable farming

Growing crops and raising live stock to meet family needs is called

• Commercial farming

• Mixed farming

• Subsistence farming

Moving from the countryside to towns and cities is called _________

• greenhouse

• fertilizer

• urbanization

What system of farming did the Inca develop in order to farm in the mountains?

• Chinampas

• Irrigation

• Aqueducts

• Terrace Farming

Fields are cleared by cutting down vegetation and setting fire to debris

• agriculture

• commercial agriculture

• subsistence agriculture

• slash and burn agriculture

In dry regions of the world, farmers use a technique in which a sprinkler system is at the center of a large, circular field

• center-pivot irrigation

• terraced farming

• slash-and-burn agriculture

• using resources

a process of breaking rock by injecting large amounts of chemicals into cracks

• center-pivot irrigation

• fracking

• terraced farming

• hydroelectric power

Which of the following solutions to respond to human activity also describes a disadvantage?

• New roads help people travel faster.

• New dams can harm the environment.

• New buildings help people work better.

• New dams steady water sources and control floods.

All of the following are examples of environmental problems caused by humans EXCEPT

• disruption to ecosystems

• pollution

• depletion of resources

• decrease in global warming