Basic Terms
Human-based impact through time
This term refers to:
Significant human impact on Earth systems; human activity as a dominant force
Climate change, biodiversity, nutrient cycles
A new geologic epoch?
a notable dip in atmospheric CO2 that corresponded with the depopulation of indigenous peoples in the New World from diseases in the early 1600s
Orbis Spike
When humans look back at us from 10,000 years from now, they will look at these items (you used them for your projects)
Named after a factory owner, this hard material can now be sold as pieces of art
Fordite
Echoing masculinist ideology, Roosevelt wrote in this speech about the need for Americans to become more patriotic and virile. This was used as justification for American expansion.
What is Strenuous Life
Geologic Time
This is the birthplace of modern enslavement.
Madiera
This technology sparked the Industrial Revolution and the system of factory labor still in use today
Watt and Steam Engine
Term referring to the separation of producers from their product
Primitive Accumulation
Forceable movement of people, goods, services back and forth across this location
The Middle Passage
Previously held belief that bad air, smells, etc. caused illnesses
Miasmas
This Belgian king brought the Belgians into European Imperialism by conquering the Congo.
King Leopold II (carving up the map)
A dominant mode of energy production in a given location
Energy Regimes
This engineering marvel has become a symbol of American imperialism and its intersection with environmental destruction
Panama Canal
Coal, steam, railroads, and steamships constitute what?
Coketown Cluster