Ch 2 Flashcards
What are the 4 major revolutions in human culture?
Tribal/frontier, early conservation, the environmental, and aldo leopold’s land eras
What is a hunter-gatherer situation?
One with waters and takers
What is the normadic period?
A period of little or local environmental impact with groups of 50 or less. Seasonal movement 60-12k years ago
Normadic people ____ ____ natural processes.
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Why did the Lenape start wildfires?
To make travel easier
What did wildfires allow?
The growth of saplings and small game; all local impacts
What did early settlers think?
Lets conquer the wilderness because the resources are inexhaustible
What is the agricultural revolution?
Period 10-12k years ago in northeast Africa and Southeast Asia next to rivers… Deltas and flood plains
How was the agricultural revolution environmentally?
Increased impact but sustainable resource use
How were forests re-fertilized?
Slash and burn
