How does Geography
Affect the lives of People?
Shelter
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Adobe
Igloos
Cliffs
Log structures
Tepees
Inuit (Eskimo)
Anasazi, Hohokam, Pueblos, Apache
Anasazi
Iroquois longhouse
Great Plains, Great Basin
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Furs
Skins
Fibers
Wearing many
clothes vs. few
clothes
Clothing
Food
• Can they grow crops?
• Are there animals to
hunt?
• Can they fish?
Water
• Is there a fresh water source?
– Rivers, lakes, groundwater,
snowmelt
• Is there dependable rainfall?
– Can they capture rainwater?
• Can they irrigate?
– Canals, ditches, shadoof
Transportation
• Water transportation
– Canoes, kayaks
• Animals
– Llamas
– later horses
Leisure Activities
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Sports
Carving
Building
Arts
Music
Religion
• Nature Spirits /
Physical Feature
Spirits
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Volcano gods
Gods of mountains
Gods of rivers
Climate affects crops –
harvest gods
– Human Sacrifices in
Latin America
Physical Features
• Asiatic fold in Far
North peoples
• Pigmentation in
certain regions
• Lung capacity at
certain elevations
Geography GREATLY Affects the
Lives of People!
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Shelter
Food
Water
Transportation
Leisure Activites
Religion
Physical Features
Since the FIRST
HUMANS
walked the earth,
they ADAPTED
to their physical
environment!