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Details Title: Mid-Term Review Description: Subsistence Total Flash Cards: 7 Created: 10/05/2007 15:33:45	To study from this set of flash cards, or to create your own your own study flash cards, register HERE. If you are already a registered user, CLICK HERE.
Cards Term hunting and gathering Definition a subsistence strategy involving the foraging of wild, naturally occurring foods. Term pastoralism Definition subsistence strategy based on the maintenance and use of large herds of animals Term Agriculture Definition a subsistence strategy involving intensive farming of permanent fields through the use of such means as the plow, irrigation and fertilizer Term horticulture Definition a kind of subsistence strategy involving semi-intensive, usually shifting, agricultural practices. Slash-and-burn farming is a common example of horticulture Term slash-and-burn agriculture (swidden) Definition a form of horticulture in which wild land is cleared and burned over, farmed, then permitted to lie fallow and revert to its wild state Term Reasons for shifting to agriculture (Two Theories) Definition You can store food for prolonged periods of time need to add Term Reasons for shifting to market economy Definition to form alliance, more power over the area need to add