Factors in the Collapse of a Civilization adapted from Collapse by Jared Diamond ● Environmental Damage (Deforestation & soil erosion or climate change) ● Dependence upon long-distance foreign trade for needed resources ● Increasing levels of internal/external violence (war/invasion) ● Social Response to internal problems ● Social Response to Environmental problems

Collapse of a Civilization Cycle adapted from Collapse by Jared Diamond Birth Apex Collapse

Greenland Norse ● Climate change ● Environmental Damage ● Loss of Trading Partners ● Hostile Neighbors ● Unwillingness to adapt

Easter Island ● Environmental Damage “wonder what the person thought when he/she cut down the very last tree?”

Anasazi ●Climate Change ●Environmental damage ●Unwillingness to adapt major aspect of culture ●Social Response to Environmental Damage

Haiti ● Environmental Damage (Imperialization) ● Lack of responsible action by government ● Inability to change

Australia ● Environmental damage ● Lack of water as resource ● Unwillingness to adapt