ANTH 1003 : Test 2 Vocab
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Agriculture- a form of food production in which fields are in permanent cultivation using plows, animals, and techniques of soil and water control. Efficiency- yield per person per hour of labor invested. Foraging (hunting and gathering)- a food-getting strategy that does not involve food production or domestication of animals. Globalization- the integration of resources, labor, and capital into a global network. Horticulture- production of plants using a simple, nonmechanized technology; fields are not used continuously. Industrialism- the process of the mechanization of production. Nomadic pastorialism- a form of pastoralism in which the whole social group (men, women, children) and their animals move in search of pasture. Pastorialism- a food-getting strategy that depends on the care of domesticated herd animals. Peasants- rural cultivators who produce for the subsistence of their households but are also integrated into larger, complex state societies. Population density- the number of people inhabiting a given area of land.
