Essential Question: How Do People Interact with their Environment?

Which of the 5 Themes of Geography is best represented by this image?

Which Theme of Geography is best expressed in each statement? (Don’t copy, just answer) 1. The slave trade brought over 12 million people from

Africa to North and South America2. The people of North Africa share the religion of Islam,

the language of Arabic, and the geographic features of the Mediterranean Sea and the Sahara Desert

3. Egypt is located south of the Mediterranean Sea, west of the Red Sea, north of Sudan, and east of Libya.

4. The people of Egypt use the Nile River for irrigating their crops and transportation for trade.

Examine the image and list ways that people interact with the environment

http://www2.nature.nps.gov/air/aqbasics/sources.cfm

http://www.time.com/time/covers/0,16641,19800922,00.html

Examine the image and list ways that Human Environmental Interaction can help and harm the quality of life?

Is this a picture of :Amsterdam, Netherlands,Palidski, Estonia orAbidjan, Ivory Coast

The Probo Koala

http://www.tk-group.com/fleet/data/probo/probo_side.htm

Global Sludge Ends in Tragedy

in the Ivory Coast

http://www.theday.com/gbl/media/dynamic/lrgimages/1ivory100206.JPG

Location:AbsoluteRelative

Place:PhysicalHuman

HumanEnvironmentInteraction

Movement:GoodsPeopleIdeas

Region:Shared features of Africa or Europe

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Explain why these people are wearing protective equipment? Why did the chemicals they are removing end up in Abidjan?

What is the quality of life in Abidjan with mercaptans and caustic soda in the surrounding lagoons?

Both photos are from http://www.spiegel.de/fotostrecke/0,5538,16268,00.html

Civic Rights and Responsibilities:What is a just solution in Abidjan, Ivory

Coast? How would this be handled in the US? Legally, economically, morally?

US + European trash sent to

African countries

http://www.relectronics.org/eWaste.html

HomeworkWrite a summary of how Human

Environmental Interaction can better and worsen the quality of life in Abidjan, Ivory Coast using the article or how it affects Hillsborough, NC.

Assists Endangers1.2.3.4.

(We’ll read some aloud tomorrow)