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  • What were the consequences for Norse Greenland society?
    The colony became isolated and eventually disappeared due to rigid values and environmental hardship.
  • What role did culture and government play in Japan's success?
    Strong governance and Confucian values promoted long-term planning and conservation.
  • What was the main challenge faced by the Norse settlers in Greenland?
    The inability to adapt to the cold climate and the effects of the Little Ice Age.
  • How did Norse Greenlanders fail to adapt to their environment?
    They stuck to European-style farming and didn't adopt Inuit hunting or transportation methods.
  • What was the main environmental challenge faced by the society of Easter Island?
    Deforestation—trees were cut down, leading to soil erosion, biodiversity loss, and collapse of agriculture.
  • How did Tokugawa Japan avoid collapse?
    Through sustainable forestry, land regulation, and frugal living.
  • What cultural factor contributed to environmental destruction on Easter Island?
    Competition between clans to build larger Moai statues, requiring excessive use of wood and stone.
  • What was the result of environmental collapse on Easter Island?
    Starvation, population decline, social breakdown, and loss of cultural knowledge.
  • Which of the three societies adapted successfully and avoided collapse?
    Tokugawa Japan.
  • What made Tokugawa Japan's response to environmental pressures unique?
    The government introduced forest management and stabilized the population.
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