APES Ch. 2
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AndreaF590 on October 18, 2007
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ap, environmental, science, carver, fernandina
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AP Environmental Science Chapter 2
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 60,000 | The species Homo Sapiens has lived on Earth about ______ years. |
| Improved Living Standards | Characterizes cultural revolutions. |
| Agricultural Revolution | Characterized by cultivating wild plants, demand for minerals, spread of disease, pollution and deforestation. |
| 10,000 | Domestication of wild plants and animals occurred about ______ years ago. |
| Slash-and-burn Cultivation | Leaves ashes from burned vegetation, which adds plant nutrients to the soil. |
| Shifting Cultivation | Alternates planting periods with fallow periods. |
| Subsistence Farmers | Grow only enough food to feed their families. |
| Agricultural Societies | Resulted in growth of villages, specialized occupations and long distance trade, increase soil erosion, increased deforestation, increased manipulation of nature and urbanization. |
| England | Where did the Industrial Revolution begin? |
| 1800's | When did the Industrial Revolution reach the USA? |
| Industrial Revolution | Characterized by average per capita energy consumption ability to utilize Earth's resources, economic growth and increased population growth. |
| Shortage of wood | What was a major stimulus for the Industrial Revolution. |
| Nonrenewable Resources | Energy use during the Industrial Revolution was based primarily on ______. |
| American settlers | Primarily viewed the continent as hostile wilderness that needed to be conquered. |
| Conservationists | Henry David Thoreau and George Perkins Marsh were ______ |
| first federal forest reserves and wildlife refuges | A starting point in establishing the federal government's responsibility to protect public lands from unsustainable resource use was the establishment of the ________ and _______. |
| Theodore Roosevelt | Established the first federal wildlife refuge |
| 1900-1910 | The decade ____-____ is considered the golden age of conservation. |
| the greatest number of people | Preservationists and wise-use resource managers agree that public lands should be managed to benefit __________________. |
| Gifford Pinchot | He used sustainable-yield and multiple-use principles to manage America's renewable forest resources. |
| John Muir | Developed the Sierra Club in 1892 |
| Scientific conservationists | Theodore Roosevelt and Gifford Pinchot were ________________. |
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