Chapter 10: Food getting and economics Flashcards
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Foodways
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The way in which a society gets their food.
2
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Foragers/Hunter-gatherers
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Almost always nomadic
Wild vegetation, animals, and fish
3
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Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK)
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Set of tools, skills, and knowledge used by people for survival.
4
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Reciprocity
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A set of social rules that govern the sharing of food and other items.
5
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The Inuit
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Canadian north 12-50 members Nomadic Animals and fish TEK Generalized reciprocity
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The Ju/’hoansi
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Kalahari desert 30-40 members Nomadic Animals and wild plants TEK Generalized reciprocity
7
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Redistribution
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An economic system in which goods and money flow into a central entity, such as a gov’t authority or religious institution.
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Market economy
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System in which prices are set by supply and demand.
9
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Horticulture
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Cultivation that does not make intensive use of land, labour, capital etc.
Sedentary villages
Small-scale farms
10
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Agriculture
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Cultivation that requires intensive and continuous use of land. Domesticated animals Irrigation Terracing Rise of cities
11
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Industrialism
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Producing food at low costs with highly mechanized technology.
