Economic Activity
Adapt or Modify
Vocabulary
Intended & Unintended Consequences
100
Which type of economic industry would dominate an area covered in dense forests?
a. fishing industry
b. logging industry
c. mining industry
d. agricultural industry
Logging Industry - clearing trees for lumber
100
Which is an example of modification to the environment?
A
C
A
100
A man-made waterway used for carrying goods on small boats to connecting cities.
Canals
100
What are Intended Consequences?
Something we mean to have happen, we did this on purpose, it was expected as the outcome!
200
Which industry would thrive in this type of environment?
The Fishing Industry
200
Which is an example of adapting?
A.
B.
C.
C.
200
Irrigation?
a man-made syste used to move water to crops to grow a surplus
200
What are unintended consequences?
We did not expect this to happen, not meant to happen, an accident, not on purpose.
300
What industry would most likely support the local economy in this type of environment?
Tourism
300
When the Sherpa people, living in the Himalayan Mountains decided to leave the higher elevations and hunker down in the base camps during the brutal winters this is an example of what?
A modification to their environment or
The people adapting to their environment
Adapting to their environment
300
to alter or change
modify
300
Building dams, highways, or even clearing land for agriculture have several unintended consequences. Provide three.
a. Deforestation
b. Loss of animal and plant habitat
c. pollution
400
What economic activity would people living in this environment use to support their lives?
Agriculture
400
What is the difference between adapting to the environment modifying the environment?
Provide and example
Adapt= humans change their behavior
Modify= humans alter or change the environment or land around them
Adapt- Umbrella in the rain or using clay for a house if that is all that is available
Modify- Digging in the Earth, moving the ground to build something. Like a dam, bridge, house, city, farmland
400
a physical environment where specific plants grow and certain animals live
a habitat
400
What are two intended consequences of building dams?
a. to prevent flooding
b. to control water flow
500
What type of industry is supported in this environment?
Shipping and trading
500
How did the Ancient Chinese modify their environment in the Highland Hills in order to survive?
Why did they do this?
They built terraces to farm their crops high in the hills
To have a surplus of crops to trade
500
To tame wild animals and plants to use for food and to help work
domestication
500
What is the intended consequence of a hydroelectric dam? What is the unintended consequence of building one?
a. To generate electric power for the community
b. Loss of animal habitat
Deforestation
Possible Pollution