Unit #5: South Asia Vocabulary

The science and practice of growing crops (food) and live animals (for food) by the using the land is...

• Human-Environment Interaction

• Torrential

• Infrastructure

• Agriculture

Falling rapidly and in large quantities...

• Human-Environment Interaction

• Torrential

• Infrastructure

• Agriculture

The basic systems and services, such as transportation and power supplies or roads, that a country or organization uses in order to work effectively...

• Human-Environment Interaction

• Infrastructure

• Infrastructure

• Agriculture

How humans and the natural world interact...

• Human-Environment Interaction

• Infrastructure

• Infrastructure

• Agriculture

A monsoon is a shift in winds that often causes a very rainy or dry season.

• Human-Environment Interaction

• Infrastructure

• Monsoon

• Agriculture

The practice of applying controlled amounts of water to land to help grow crops, landscape plants, and lawns...

• Human-Environment Interaction

• Infrastructure

• Irrigation

• Agriculture

The science and practice of growing crops (food) and live animals (for food) by the using the land..

• Human-Environment Interaction

• Infrastructure

• Irrigation

• Agriculture

An example of Agriculture is...

• Chemicals in a lab.

• Building Ships.

• Growing wheat in a field.

• Working in a factory.

Torrential usually refers to...

• A small around of rain.

• Is something that happens often.

• A large amount of rain.

• When a place does not have enough water.

An example of Human-Environment Interaction is...

• The cutting down of the rain forests in South America.

• The removal of oil from the ground to make gasoline.

• The removal of fish from the oceans for food.

• All of the above.