Agricultural Development And Societies Flashcards
(14 cards)
Abiotic
Involves non living factors such as weather or climate
Biotic
Involves living factors such as vegetation and animals are
Human
Involves changes in population, war, trade etc.
Adaption and technology
Humans mainly adapt to changes in the environment through technology
Adaption occurs bc of a surplus or deficiency in a natural resource
New technology can change peoples common resources they used to use
Hunter gatherers
Nomadic (moving group) traveled around given territories and collected wild plants and hunted animals
Everything is shared
All cultures emerged from hunter gatherers
Horticultural societies
Domestication refers to the taming of wild plants and animals in control their availability for human use
Extensive farming- slash and burn
Intensive farming- technology takes up smaller area
Pastoral societies
Is the domestication it animals
- nomadic group that moves their animals from area to area as seasons change
- different then hunter gatherers cuz they have all the survival needs
Agriculture societies
Accomplished by various technologies
Gave farmers more control over the problems from the seasonal cycle
Irrigation-practice of supplying water to plants when lack of rain
The draft plough and irrigation todgether was a surplus of more food
This lead to a dramatic sociocultural change
Farming in Canada
Manual farming tools repalced by new tech
Animal driven plough vs. New tractor
Population challenge
Not enough farmland to feed huge amounts of people
New methods must be found to accommodate the population increase
Genetically modified foods
Giant chicken barns
Automated cow milking assembly lines
GMOs
Corn potatoes tomatoes
Computer technology
Monitoring weather patterns
Will guarantee that crops will be successful
Chemicals : RBST
It is used to increase milk production in cows by 10-20 percent
This supplement causes various diseases in cows
