1. Human Interaction With The Environment
Examples of how humans have interacted and changed the environment through the ages

2. Early Man
Society- A group of people living and working under a set of rules and traditions.
Nomads-a person with no settled home.
Paleolithic Era-the earliest period of the stone age.
Hunters and Gathers-members of Homo sapiens who spent many hours a day searching for food.

3. Farmers and City Dwellers
Slash And Burn Farming- a system of farming in which thick forestlands are cut and burned to prepare the soil for planting
Abu Hureyra-a Neolithic village and excavation site flooded by Lake Assad in 1973 A.D
Government- an organized system of leaders and laws
Catal Huyuk-a Neolithic town in Southern Anatolia

4. Mesopotamia
Silt-soil and tiny rocks carried or deposited on the land by floodwaters
Polytheism-a belief in many different gods
Architecture-a style of building
Ziggurat-the largest and tallest temple in every Sumerian city- state

5. Egypt Pyramid-a structure that served as a tomb for Egyptian rulers
Nation-State-a region with a united group of people and a single government
Papyrus-A paperlike material on which ancient Egyptians wrote
Afterlife- life after death

6. Greece Ismuthus-a small strip of land connecting larger land areas
Island- a body of land surrounded by water
Harbor- a sheltered place with deep water close to shore
Peninsula- a stretch of land almost completely surrounded by water

7. Rome
Road- a narrow, long clearing that can be traversed on by carts, vehicles, and foot
Aqueduct-a system of bridges and canals that carry water from a natural source, such as a river, to a town
Concrete- a manmade substance that turns from liquid to rock and is used for building
Colosseum- is a large amphitheater in the city of Rome, Italy constructed for entertainment