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15 Cards in this Set
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Mode of Production
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The dominant pattern of making a living in a culture
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Foraging
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Collecting food that is available in nature, by gathering, fishing or hunting
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Extensive Strategy
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A form of production involving temporary use of large areas of land and a high degree of spatial mobility
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Use Rights
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A system of property relations in which a person or group has socially recognized priority in access to particular resources such as gathering, hunting and fishing areas and water holes.
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Horticulture
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A mode of production based on growing domesticated crops in gardens using simple hand tools.
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Pastoralism
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A mode of production based on keeping domesticated animal herds and using their products, such as meat and milk, for most of the diet.
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Agriculture
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A mode of production that involves growing crops with the use of plowing, irrigation and fertilizer.
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Indigenous Knowledge
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Local knowledge about the environment, including plants, animals and resources.
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Family Farming (peasant farming)
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A form of agriculture which farmers produce mainly to support themselves but also produce goods for sale in the market system.
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Public-Private Dichotomy
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Gender division in society that emerged with agriculture, whereby men are more involved with the nondomestic domain and women are more involved in activities in or near home.
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Industrial Capital Agriculture
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A form of agriculture that is capital-intensive, substituting machinery and purchased inputs for human and animal labour.
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Industrial Collectivized Agriculture
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A form of industrialized agriculture that involves state control of land, technology and goods produced.
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Industrialism
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A mode of production in which goods are produced through mass employment in business and commercial operations
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Formal Sector
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Salaried or wage-based work registered in official statistics.
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Informal Sector
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Work that is outside the formal sector, not officially registered and sometimes illegal.
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