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19 Cards in this Set
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Specific Mode of Good getting is influences by....
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The interaction of a person's environment with its technology
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Carry Capacity
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Maximum number of people a given society can support given available resources in its natural environment.
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Optimal Foraging Theory
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Hunting animals that have most caloric value while expending the least amount of time possible.
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Optimal Pastoral Theory
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Raising animals that will give most profit
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Optimal Farming Theory
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Growing crops with most profit
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Food Collection- hunting and gathering/foraging
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Hunter- Men 20% wild animals
Gathers- Women 80% plants |
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Four Characteristics of Food Collectors
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1. Small Numbers (30-50 ppl)
2. Families 3. Nomadic- follow animals, never want to exploit. plants- carrying capacity 4. Marginality useful areas of the world- able to survive in harsh conditions |
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Original Affluence Society
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Lots of leisure time, 20 hour work week, life span 70-80 years
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Mongongo Nut
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Kung Tribe
Plentiful and very nutritious 5x cal. 10x protein in cooked unit of other nuts |
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Why did we stop being food collectors?
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During the Neolithic Revolution 10,000 years ago we domesticated animals and plants.
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What is the domestication of plants and animals?
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Inferring with natural growing cycle
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Pastoralism/Transhumance vs. nomadic
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Pastoralism/ Transhumance- Set up permanent location
Nomadic- Whole group move from one grazing area to another. |
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3 Types of Agriculture
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1. Horticulture
2. Intensive 3. Industrialized |
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3 Characteristics of Horticulture
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1. Human labor
2. Rain Water 3. Plant Fertilizer |
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3 Characteristics of Intensive
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1. Animal Labor
2. Ditch Irrigation 3. Waste Fertilizer |
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3 Characteristics of Industrialization
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1. Machine Labor
2. Pipe Water 3. Chemical Fertilizer |
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Peasantry
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ppl. still on farm, support the rest of ppl. Cant exist w/out the other.
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Division of Labor and Rise of Civilization
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Job specialization- ppl. left farm and developed other specialities. Learn to use steel and developed cities.
Rise of Civilization- 4 Revolutions 1st- Neolithic 2nd- Division of Labor 3rd- Industrial Revolution 4th- Digital Revolution |
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Seven Ill effects of food production
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1. Monotonous work
2. More Labor Intensive 3. Longer Hours 4. Limited Crop Security 5. Less Balanced Diet- health and physiology 6. More disease 7. Social Stratification- poverty/crime/violence/warfare |
