1.a) Why is Earth called the Blue Planet? b) What percent of the surface water is fresh?

2.a) What is bipedalism? b) What is Richard Wrangham’s theory about how bipedalism began?

3.Civilizations are dependent on __________________ which could not occur without adequate water.

4.a) What is Giulio Boccaletti trying to convince governments worldwide? b) ________ percent water supply.

5.In ancient Egypt __________________________ brought new fertilized soil to feed the crops.

6.How was ancient Egypt like the USA today?

7.a) What is a Nilomenter? b) How was it used in ancient Egypt? c) Why was it so important to their endurance?

8.What happened to end the Egyptian Empire?

9.Chinese use the same symbol for____________as the word for water.

10.Describe the myth that accounts for the birth of the Chinese empire.

11.Wu Qinglong believes he has discovered from where the myth originated. Explain his theory.

12.Many of China’s rulers had another profession. What was that profession?

13.Describe the damage caused by the 1931 the Yellow River flood.

14.The Three Gorges Dam is the largest ______________in the world.

15.Give three (3) examples of how the Three Gorges Dam has spoiled the region.

16.a) How many dams are there in China? ____________and the USA ___________? b) Within 10 years _______percent of all rivers will be choked by dams.

17.a) According to the video, currently ______ of the Earth’s rivers no longer connect to the sea. b) List some of the ways this has affected the Earth and the environment.

18.How did ground water change civilization?

19.a) What is a cenote? b) What ancient civilization would not have survived without them?

20.a) What is a stepwell? b) Where are they used?

21.a) Explain what happened in the 1700s to change human’s access to water. b) What was the major impact this invention did for civilization?

22.What are some of the political issues regarding groundwater extraction?

23.What country ran out of its own ground water water and is now extracting water from Arizona?

24.a) What is virtual water?b) What is a water footprint?

25.a) What percent of human freshwater consumption is used for agriculture?_________ . b) What percent is actually stored in the plant’s cells? ______ c) How many liters of water are used to grow1 kg of water?(1 liter is approx. equal to 1 quart; 1 kg is equal to 2.2 lbs.)

26.a) What percent of Saudi Arabia’s water is virtual? ________b) What percent of the USA’s water is virtual? ___________

27.Explain what happened to the Aral Sea.

28.Explain what happened to the Colorado River.

29.Pick something discussed in this program that was particularly interesting to you and summarize it here.