1. Adapting vs. Modifying Modifying changes the way the earth looks
Adapting are the changes people make in order to make life easier where they are
Clothing for extreme weather

2. Modifying the Land
Building dams for electricity and water also forms lakes and slows the river below the dam
Hoover Dam and Lake Meade

3. Netherlands
The Dutch use windmills to pump water back out to sea and dikes to hold it there in order to re-claim land from the North Sea

4. Modifying the Environment
Venice built canals for defense and being on a marshy island allowed them to trade with other parts of the Mediterranean.
This made Venice into a vast rich empire
How did they modify their city to living on soft soil?

5. Adapting to life in Venice
Travel by boat
Eating seafood
Dealing with floods

6. Modifying the Environment
Why Build Canals?
Easy to transport by boat
Countries with Canals
Italy
Belgium
China
Netherlands
Great Britain
Bruges

7. Modifying or Adapting?
The Great Wall of China was built to protect China’s northern borders
Built over thousands of years