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Geography Test 2
Human Geography
6
Geography
Undergraduate 1
03/19/2008

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Term
technology effects the environment in 3 ways:
Definition
1. harvesting of resources / 2. and 3. emission of wastes in manufacture and consumption (1.5 MYBP)
Term
environmental determinism
Definition
nature limits or shapes society
Term
cultural ecology
Definition
study of relationship between a cultural group and its natural environment
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paleolithic
Definition
tool: chipped stone / ag: h & g / fire: changes in vegetation / over-hunting: extinction of pre-historic animals
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neolithic
Definition
domestication of plants and animals
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siltation
Definition
the buildup of sand and clay in a natural or artificial waterway
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