History GCSE
Adaptation to the environment
What Adaptation to the environment means in History GCSE, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Adaptation to the environment
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
Indigenous peoples of the Plains developed highly adapted ways of life centred around their environment.
Topics that use Adaptation to the environment
- Option P3: Key topic 1: The early settlement of the West, c1835–c1862 - 1 Indigenous peoples of the Plains: their beliefs and ways of life (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
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