History of Humans and the Environment

Question 1

Mitochondrial DNA

Answer 1

circular chromosome found inside the cellular organelles

Question 2

Hunter Gatherer

Answer 2

a person who depends primarily on wild food for survival

Question 3

Agrarian Society

Answer 3

any community whose economy is based on producing and maintaining crops and farmland

Question 4

Agricultural Revolution

Answer 4

the gradual transformation of the traditional agriculture system

Question 5

1st Industrial revolution

Answer 5

the transition from creating goods by hand to using machines

Question 6

2nd Industrial Revolution

Answer 6

a phase of rapid scientific discovery, standardization, mass production

Question 7

developing country

Answer 7

a poor agricultural country that is seeking to become more advanced economically and socially

Question 8

developed country

Answer 8

a sovereign state that has a high quality of life, developed economy, and advanced

Question 9

natural resource

Answer 9

materials or substances such as minerals, forests ,water, and fertile land that occur in nature and can be used for economic gain

Question 10

synthetic material

Answer 10

made artificially by combining two or more components together

Question 11

husbandry

Answer 11

the care, cultivation and breeding of crops

Question 12

electric generator/turbine

Answer 12

a device that converts motion-based power or fuel based power

Question 13

mechanization

Answer 13

the introduction of machiens or automatic devices into a process, activity, or place

Question 14

internal combustion engine

Question 15

resource depletion

Question 16

pollution

Question 17

habitat loss

Question 18

standard of living

Question 19

birth rate

Question 20

maternal death rate

Question 21

per capital

Question 22

tragedy of the commons