Miller+2+Environmental+History

Unit Topics and Chapter Questions

 * **Unit** || **Topic** || **Resources** ||
 * 1. Introduction || B. Environmental History: Learning from the Past || Miller chapter 2: pages 19 to 23 ||
 * || C. Energy Consumption - History: Industrial revolution, exponential growth, energy crises || Miller chapter 2: pages 23 to 28 ||

1. What were the three key factors in the near extinction of the American bison from the Great Plains of the United States?

2. How long has the species Homo sapiens sapiens lived on earth?

3. Briefly describe the lifestyle of the hunter // –gatherers //. What were their major environmental impacts?

4. What advances led to the // agricultural revolution // ? What are its major benefits and environmental drawbacks?

5. What make // slash-and-burn cultivation // and // shifting cultivation // different? Under what conditions are such practices a sustainable form of agriculture?

6. What was the birth place of // industrial–medical revolution // ? When did it spread to the U.S.? Give an example of its major benefits and environmental drawbacks?

7. Give two examples of potential major benefits and environmental drawbacks of the // information and globalization revolution //.

8. What are the four major eras of environmental history in the United States?

9. What major events happened during the // tribal era // of environmental history in North America?

10. What was the view of most colonists during the //frontier era// of environmental history in the United States? How long did the //frontier environmental view// prevail for?

11. Briefly describe the books that // early conservationists // (a) Henry David Thoreau and (b) George Perkins Marsh published.

12. What major environmental events happened at the federal government level during the // conservation era // of the environmental history of the United States between (a) 1870 and 1930 and (b) 1930 and 1960?

13. Summarize the major contributions of the following people during the // conservation era // of the environmental history of the United States: (a) John Muir, (b) Theodore Roosevelt, (c) Gifford Pinchot, and (d) Franklin D. Roosevelt.

14. What is the // environmental movement // in the United States? What major environmental events happened during the // environmental era // of the environmental history of the United States during the (a) 1960s, (b) 1970s, (c) 1980s, and (d) 1990s through 2004?

15. Summarize the major contributions of the following people during the //environmental era //  of the environmental history of the United States: (a) Rachel Carson, (b) Jimmy Carter, and (c) Bill Clinton.

16.  What has president George W Bush’s contribution been?

17. What major group did // Aldo Leopold // found? What is his // land ethic // ?