Anything in the environment that humans use.

an area of lush vegetation and year-round rainfall

originating or occurring naturally in a particular place; native.

a low place in the surface of the land, usually with a body of water occupying the lowest part

A narrow strip of land connecting two larger land areas

to move from one place to another

A farming method involving the cutting of trees, then burning them to provide ash-enriched soil for the planting of crops

to set free

The clearing and destruction of forests to harvest wood for consumption, clear land for agricultural uses, and make way for expanding settlement frontiers.

A Spanish conqueror of the Americas

A biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment.

an official ban on trade or other commercial activity with a particular country.

all the plants and trees in an area

The exchange of plants, animals, diseases, and technologies between the Americas and the rest of the world following Columbus's voyages.