Human Environment Interaction (Part 2)

Modify means to

• grow

• impress

• change

• to make something more modern

which is NOT a way people have changed their environment?

• seismic activity

• build dams

• clear land for farming

• urbanization

When people create flat land for farming on hills and mountains, it is called

• deforestation

• crop dusting

• slash and burn

• terrace farming

when people modify the environment by digging canals to bring water to crops, it is called

• seismic activity

• irrigation

• migration

• irritating

the growth of cities and the movement of people into cities is called

• rural population

• relocation

• populationization

• urbanization

what is the name of the city in the U.A.E. that we discussed in class that has shown huge urbanization even though the location is in the middle of the Arabian Desert?

• Dubai

• Cairo

• Jerusalem

• Mecca

What is the cause of the pollution in the Ganges River?

• nobody pays attention to the river

• the rise of industry and the growth of the population: people dumping liquid and solid waste into the river

• the river is considered evil, so they are trying to ruin it

• the people do not care about the river and they will not clean it up

Why is keeping our rivers clean and not polluting them important? (choose the best answer)

• because they should ramain beautiful at all times

• so that we can water ski and go tubing when we want

• since most living things depend on clean water, water pollution is a serius threat to survival on earth.

• water is important to manufacturing and it has to be clean to be useful

which are things that dams do (check more than one box)

• control flooding

• help beavers

• store water in reservoirs

• provide hydroelectric power

• help to control city boundries

What is the name of one of the largest dams in the world that is located in Pakistan that we discussed in class?

• Tarbela Dam

• Pakistani Dam

• Hoover Dam

• Three Gorges Dam