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| yield per person per unit of land |
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| yield per person per hour of work |
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| 3 Components of Production |
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1)time + energy
2)Tools + knowledge
3) Environmentally available resources |
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1)Labor
2)Technology
3)Resources |
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exploit wild plants + animals for food
-nomadic
-diverse diet
-small groups
-no specialization
-very efficient |
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plant crops for food
-more labor intensive
-better technology
-focus on few crops
-sedentary
-increased productivity=surplus
-Create central administrative places
-leads to gov't/civilizations
-animal power, irrigation, terracing |
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Breeding animals
-nomadic depending on animals they breed
-trade + gather
-found in areas where cultivation is difficult
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Planting + harvesting crops using very basic technology
-little food surplus
-shifting cultivation
-poly-culture (diverse plant species)
-Some nomadic |
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| Civilizations of Agriculture-old world |
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Definition
| Mesopotamia, egypt, indus river vally, China |
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| Civilizations of agriculture-new world |
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Definition
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| 2 reasons for domestication |
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Definition
1) Climate change
2) Increased population sizes |
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Term
| Consequences of Agriculture |
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Definition
| surplus, civilizations, high labor costs, focus on only most profitable crops, disease prone. |
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Definition
entire population is nomadic
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Definition
| few pastoral individuals are nomadic |
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Term
| Industrialized Production |
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Definition
Mechanized means of production
-mass produced fertilizers
-laborers do not own items produced
-higher yield
-individual laborers do not profit from good produced |
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