People and Their Environment

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• OBJECTIVES
• I can give examples of how people adapted to and
  modified the physical environment.
• Key Words
• Environment
• Adapt
• Modify
• Irrigation

• ACTIVITIES
• Adapt and Modify Notes

• Guiding Questions
• How have people adapted to the environment?
• How have people modified the environment?

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WARM-UP

• What are some factors that affect where people
  live?

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Human/Environment Interaction

• The environment affects not only where people
  live but also how people live.

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Environment

• Climate
• Landforms
• Bodies of water
• Vegetation
• Animals

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Burrow, Alaska
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Human/Environment Interaction

• What will you be able to do at the end of the
  lesson?
• Define adaptation and modification.
• Give examples of how people adapt to and modify
  their environment.

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Human/Environment Interaction

• There are two main ways people interact with
  their environment (nature)
• 1. They adapt to it
• 2. They modify it

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Human/Environment Interaction

• When people adapt to their environment they do
  not change it.
• They change their lives to fit the environment.
• Peoples choice of food, shelter, clothing,
  sports is impacted by their environment.

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Human/Environment Interaction

• Examples
• People who live in hot climates wear clothes
  that keep them cool.

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Human/Environment Interaction

• How did the Inuit of the Canadian Arctic in this
  picture adapt to their environment?

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Human/Environment Interaction

• The Inuit designed their clothes for protection
  from the harsh cold climate. Traditional clothes
  are made of caribou or sealskin and include
  parka, pants, mittens, and boots.

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Human/Environment Interaction

• Examples
• People also design their shelter depending on
  the environment they live in.

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Human/Environment Interaction

• In dry desert climates, builders of homes make
  windows small to keep out the sunlight.

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Human/Environment Interaction

• People who live in areas with lots of trees may
  build their houses out of logs.

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Human/Environment Interaction
IGLOO

• How did these people adapt to their environment?

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Human/Environment Interaction

• These people had to adapt to environment with
  lots of snow and used snow to build their homes.

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Human/Environment Interaction

• Write down or draw at least one additional
  example of people adapting to their environment.
• Hint food, sports.

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Human/Environment Interaction

• When people modify their environment they change
  it.
• They build roads, bridges, canals, dams,
  irrigation systems, take natural resources out of
  the Earth, etc.

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Human/Environment Interaction

• Examples
• The people of New Orleans built levees to control
  the flooding of the Mississippi River.

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Human/Environment Interaction

• Examples
• People of Mesopotamia and Ancient Egypt build
  irrigation systems.

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Human/Environment Interaction

• How have people modified the environment in this
  picture?

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Human/Environment Interaction

• How have people modified the environment in these
  pictures?

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Human/Environment Interaction

• How have people modified the environment in this
  picture?