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13 Cards in this Set
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Horticulture |
A food-procurement strategy based on crop production without soil preparation, fertilizers, irrigation, or use of draft animals. |
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Slash-and-burn |
The removal of plant materials by cutting and burning preparatory to planting |
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Pastoralism |
A food-procurement strategy based on herding. |
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Nomadic pastoralism |
A herding adaptation that makes the most of available forage for animals by frequent habitat moves. |
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Transhumance |
A variety of pastoralism in which herds are moved seasonally. |
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Agriculture |
A subsistence strategy based on intensive, continuous use of land for the production of plant foods. It typically includes one or more of the following: cultivation of soils, use of fertilizers, and irrigation. |
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Chiefdom |
A type of society with an office of chief, most commonly hereditary, social ranking, and redistributive economy. |
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Stratified Society |
A society with unequal access to resources within groups of the same gender and status. |
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Redistribution |
A system of exchange in which wealth is reallocated; found in chiefdom and state societies. |
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Market Exchange |
The trading of goods and services through the use of currency. |
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Barter |
Exchange of products that does not involve currency. |
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Commodity Money |
Currency in the form of valued objects such as shells or gold. |
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Fiat Money |
Paper currency backed by a nation-state's claim of its value |
