GEOG 1001 Chapter : Europe Geography 1001
Document Summary
Origins of agriculture: first domesticated plants and animals 7,000 b. c. Impacts: created surplus for trade, allowed for specialization, environmental degradation, rampant population growth. Cultural hearth: a site of innovation from which basic ideas, materials, and technology diffuse to many cultures. Europe: no urban centers, towns were few and far between, villages owned by lords, cultivation, animal husbandry and gathering- most people survived. What did 3 adaptations bring: expanded settlement and populations, new areas under cultivation, agricultural surpluses supported more intense human concentrations. Europe: grew to 83 million, birth rates haven"t changed, but larger amounts of people are surviving, core along rivers, periphery alps/harsh climates, 1/3 world"s pop. Bubonic plague: black death, origins, gobi desert, carried by fleas on rats, spread around trade routes, killing thousands every day. Symptoms: death within 8 days, tissue turns black, bubonic plague, fever, headaches, vomiting. Why the rapid spread: rivers=sewer, animals, cities. What so important about this year: expelled the moors.
