final exam (subsistence groups)

Question 1

define subsistence (what does it focus on?)

Answer 1

focuses on food: obtaining, processing, storing, distributing, consuming and discarding

Question 2

list the four levels of subsistence groups

Answer 2

hunter-gatherers (foragers), horticulturists, pastoralists and agriculturists

Question 3

describe hunter gatherers

Answer 3

primarily collection of wild foods, plant/animal content in diet varies on environment, tend to be fairly mobile, vast majority of human history

Question 4

describe horticulturalists

Answer 4

domesticated plants produced in low intensity, small fields and gardens, could include small range of domestic animals, simple technology, digging sticks, hoes etc.

Question 5

describe pastoralists

Answer 5

herding animals, animals bred, products form basis for subsistence, can be sedentary but tend to move herds depending on resources

Question 6

describe agriculture

Answer 6

also known as food production, intensive production of domesticated plants, usually involves domesticated animals,