Lesson 1 terms

Question 1

What is a Subsistence System?

Answer 1

the set of practices used by members of a society to acquire food i.e., “making a living”

Question 2

What are the modes of subsistence?

Answer 2

the modes of subsistence are foraging, pastoralism, and agriculture (horticulture and globalized food production)

Question 3

What is foraging?

Answer 3

procurement of wild plant and animal food resources available in the environment. ex. hunting, fishing, gathering, etc.

Question 4

What is Pastoralism?

Answer 4

reliance on herds of domesticated livestock, with the livestock sometimes being moved several times a year (nomadic pastoralism)

Question 5

What is Agriculture?

Answer 5

relies primarily on domesticated plants and animals

Question 6

What is Horticulture?

Answer 6

relies on small gardens that move periodically, with shifting or “slash and burn” systems/ multicropping and intercropping

Question 7

What is Smallholder/ Intensive Agriculture?

Answer 7

Greater input into crop management: irrigation, draft animals/mechanization, and fertilizer

Question 8

What is Globalized Agriculture?

Answer 8

High yields but very high inputs of fossil fuels, pesticides/insecticides, fertilizer, genetically modified seeds, mechanization