Section 2

Question 1

hunter-gatherers

Answer 1

foraged edible plants, hunted, moved often to conserve resources, ‘earth wisdom’

Question 2

agricultural revolution

Answer 2

domestication of animals, wild plant cultivation due to slash-and-burn method (restoration)
higher birth rates and population increase, natural habitats destroyed for large plots of land

Question 3

industrial revolution

Answer 3

cultural shift- dependence on renewable wood and steam power

Question 4

globalization

Answer 4

increasing scientific and general knowledge, better technology, understanding of earth’s systems, respond to problems

Question 5

tribal era

Answer 5

respect for land, small population, sustainable existance

Question 6

frontier era

Answer 6

hostile attitude towards land and animals, 80% to US control, tamed nature

Question 7

early conservation era

Answer 7

started by Henry David Thoreau and George Perkins Marsh

Question 8

Forest Reserve Act of 1891

Answer 8

Federal government became custodians and protectors of land

Question 9

Wilderness Act

Answer 9

created by National Wilderness Recreation System, protecting 109.5 million acres as wilderness

Question 10

Antiquities Act

Answer 10

designate national monuments on federal land if deemed historical or scientifically interesting

Question 11

Conservationist

Answer 11

resources must be used wisely for natural capital increase

Question 12

Preservationist

Answer 12

humans shouldn’t use nature, just protect