A central assumption of this chapter is that the culture Of Latin-American and Caribbean's peoples can not be fully grasped without learning about their landscapes. Choose to examples from this chapter and describe how a populations landscape or environment shapes the culture of its people. In other words how would people living with little in terms of tools or technology survive in this environment how might they construct their shelters obtain their food and water?
Define environmental determinism in your own words. With regard to our own modern culture in the US and elsewhere what kinds of technologies have we developed that have allowed us to move beyond environmental determinism. In other words How do we obtain our food water shelter except era in the modern world, and using what modern technologies?
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