The World's Influence On The Settlements Of Oceania And The Americas
Vanessa Cotterill
Writing Assignment #1
2-17-2011
There are many ways that the world’s changing climates had influenced the settlements of Oceania and the Americas. These people were not exactly prepared for what the Earth had in store for them. Who would have known that global warming would have already started happening years and years ago? The Americas and Oceania both had settlements that were south of the equator or very close to the equator. By the equator, the climate was very hot, the air was wet and heavy, and it liked to rain a lot, which was hard for many crops to grow. These settlements relied mainly on hunting and gathering to keep their communities fed. Once the food source ran out in one area, they packed up and moved to a new area that was rich with new food sources. The Americas eventually migrated south into the central Andes Mountains, where the climate was …show more content…
The warming climate caused many of the glaciers to melt, which caused the sea levels to rise and much of the lower lands to be covered with water. The Bering Strait, which used to be a piece of land connecting Asia and America, was now a body of water, which did not allow people to travel between the two continents anymore. The people of the Americas settled throughout modern day North and South America, and the people of Oceania settled throughout Australia and a few of the surrounding islands. With the waters being high, people of the Americas were not able to travel from place to place as often, since boats were not made to travel over large bodies of water. The Oceania settlement on the other hand, had traveled to Australia and the nearby islands by boat when the sea levels had been low. When the sea levels rose, the people of Oceania were still able to travel by ocean, since it wasn’t very far to travel to the islands or current day
Writing Assignment #1
2-17-2011
There are many ways that the world’s changing climates had influenced the settlements of Oceania and the Americas. These people were not exactly prepared for what the Earth had in store for them. Who would have known that global warming would have already started happening years and years ago? The Americas and Oceania both had settlements that were south of the equator or very close to the equator. By the equator, the climate was very hot, the air was wet and heavy, and it liked to rain a lot, which was hard for many crops to grow. These settlements relied mainly on hunting and gathering to keep their communities fed. Once the food source ran out in one area, they packed up and moved to a new area that was rich with new food sources. The Americas eventually migrated south into the central Andes Mountains, where the climate was …show more content…
The warming climate caused many of the glaciers to melt, which caused the sea levels to rise and much of the lower lands to be covered with water. The Bering Strait, which used to be a piece of land connecting Asia and America, was now a body of water, which did not allow people to travel between the two continents anymore. The people of the Americas settled throughout modern day North and South America, and the people of Oceania settled throughout Australia and a few of the surrounding islands. With the waters being high, people of the Americas were not able to travel from place to place as often, since boats were not made to travel over large bodies of water. The Oceania settlement on the other hand, had traveled to Australia and the nearby islands by boat when the sea levels had been low. When the sea levels rose, the people of Oceania were still able to travel by ocean, since it wasn’t very far to travel to the islands or current day