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What is a subsistence strategy?
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A set of practices, technologies, and social arrangements people use to obtain the necessities of life.
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What distinguishes foraging?
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Foraging obtains food from wild plants and animals rather than relying primarily on domesticated crops or herds.
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What is pastoralism?
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Pastoralism centers on raising and caring for herds of domesticated animals.
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What characterizes horticulture?
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Horticulture is small-scale crop cultivation, commonly using hand tools and plots that may lie fallow before being cultivated again.
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How is agriculture defined in this comparison?
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Agriculture often means intensive cultivation: repeatedly using the same land, sometimes with plows, irrigation, or other yield-raising methods.
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What defines industrialism as a subsistence strategy?
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Industrialism uses wage labor, machines, and large-scale production to make goods for wider markets.
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Do subsistence strategies determine social life?
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Subsistence strategies influence social life, but do not determine it; any society may use several arrangements at once.
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Are subsistence strategies fixed stages of development?
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They are broad categories, not fixed stages; communities may combine strategies or change them as circumstances shift.
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How can sharing help foraging households manage uncertainty?
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Sharing and reciprocal exchange help households manage uncertainty when food and other resources are difficult to store or carry.
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What is transhumance?
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Transhumance is movement to find pasture and water that follows a regular seasonal cycle.
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What roles can herds play in pastoralist communities?
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Herds provide food and materials and may also represent family wealth and status.
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What land access do rotating horticultural plots require?
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Rotating plots requires access to enough land for both gardens and fallow areas.
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