ESSAY: ENVIRONMENT The people of Mesopotamia, Egypt, India, and China were dependent on the environment for the success of their
civilizations. To grow food, the people of these civilizations needed fertile land. They needed water from rivers to Irrigate
their fields.
Any changes in the environment could have negative effects on the communities of early civilizations. For this project, you
will read about how changes in the environment affected the people of early civilizations. You will then be asked to think
about how the environment affects us today.
OBJECTIVES
Think about how changes in our environment would affect us in today's world.
Write a short essay.
VOCABULARY
all of the factors influencing plant and animal life such as climate, temperature, light,