What is going on in this picture?
Human’s Adapting to their Environment (Humans using the resources in the immediate area to survive)
Human’s Adapting to their Environment
Terrace Farming a type of farming that is used in hilly areas to create patches of land for farming
Technology: the use of materials, tools and skills Technological innovation: the development of new technologies
Technological Advancements that allowed for adaptation to the environment
Public Transportation (Advantages?)
Columbian Exchange (Importance?)
Desalination
The process by which salt is separated to make fresh water Allows people to adapt to new environments where only salt water may be present (example: Israel) Spain built the first one nearly 40 years ago
U.S. Sources of Oil
Arctic Oil
Importance of Offshore Drilling???
What did railroads, planes and highways allow us to move away from?
Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) Created to increase supply of oil within Middle Eastern countries and to control oil prices
Agriculture
Genetically Altered Crops Altering the DNA of crops with the intent of increasing the yield
Medicine
GPS and GIS