Humans and The Environment 600-1450

Mesoamericans

________ used the chinampa technique of growing crops on "floating islands "in lakes.

Intensive agriculture

________ and water management increased the risk of soil erosion and deforestation.

textile production

Increased ________ created a greater demand for wool and cotton.

New Guinea

Sugar from sugarcane plants in ________ reached Asia were it was produced in crystallized form by the Gupta empire.

Trans Sharan caravan routes

________ depended on camel- herding expertise of Arabs and Berbers.

Polynesian migrations

________: Went on eastward journeys on outrigger canoes.

Vikings

________: the most influential migration people in Europe.

Terrace farming

________ was used in the Americas.

Bantu

________: Sub- saharan Africans who continued continent- wide movements, and bought new agricultural techniques.

medieval climatic optimum

The ________ of 800- 1300 affected migration patterns, and was followed by the Little Ice Age.

wave of peasant uprisings

The ________ caused a downturn in agricultural production.

Mongol Turkic horse pastoralists

________: migrating people of the Middle East, Central and East Asia.

interregional interaction

The relationship between humans and the environment was shaped by ________.

waru waru system

The ________ arose in the Andes.

Waru waru

________: interspersing raised seedbeds and ditches.

steppes of Central Asia

Horsemanship of pastoral peoples in the ________ helped develop the Silk Road.

environmental impact

The ________ of urban construction and engineering was heavy due to the importance of cities.

Large scale migrations

________ were caused by climate change.

Vikings

the most influential migration people in Europe

Mongol-Turkic horse pastoralists

migrating people of the Middle East, Central and East Asia

Bantu

Sub-saharan Africans who continued continent-wide movements, and bought new agricultural techniques

Polynesian migrations

Went on eastward journeys on outrigger canoes

waru waru

interspersing raised seedbeds and ditches

Environmental Forces

Diseases and Climate