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| the linked process of livelihood, consumption, and exchange. |
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| the dominant way of making a living in a culture. |
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| a form of livelihood involving temporary use of large areas of land and a high degree of spatial mobility. |
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| a system of property relations in which a person or group has socially recognized priority in access to particular resources such as gathering, hunting, and fishing areas and water holes. |
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| a mode of livelihood based on growing domesticated crops in gardens, using simple hand tools. |
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| a mode of livelihood based on keeping domesticated animals and using their products, such as meat and milk, for most of the diet. |
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| a mode of livelihood that involves growing crops witht he use of plowing, rrigation, and fertilizer. |
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| a form of livelihood that involves continuous use of the same land a resources. |
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| family farming/peasant agriculture |
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| a form of agriculture in which farmers prouce mainly to support themselves and also produce goods for sale in the market system. (peasant farming) |
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| industrial capital agriculture |
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| a form of agriculture that is capital-intensive, substituting machinery and purchased inputs for human and animal labor. |
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| industrialism/informatics |
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| a mode of livelihood in which goods are produced through mass employment in business and commerical operations and through the creation and movement of information through electronic media. |
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| salaried or wage-based work registered in official statistics |
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| work that is not officially registered and sometimes illegal |
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| a grand feast in which guests are invited toe at and receive gifts from the hosts. |
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| the dominant pattern, in a culture, of using things up or spending resources in order to satisfy demands. |
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| the dominant pattern, in a culture, of transferring goods, services, and other items between and among people and groups. |
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| a mode of consumption that emphasizes simplicity, is characterized by few and finite consumer demands, and involves an adequate and sustainable means to achieve them. |
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| a mode of consumption in which people's demands are many and infinite and the means of satisfying them are insufficient and become depleted in the effort to satisfy these demands. |
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| an unwritten, culturally embedded rule that prevents an individual from becoming wealthier or more powerful than anyone else. |
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| a category of a personal or household budget used to provide for consumption needs and desires. |
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| a culturally defined right to life-sustaining resources. |
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| a plant grown primarily for sale rather than forone's own use. |
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| a medium of exchange that can be used for a variety of goods. |
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| a system of transfers in which the goal is either immediate or eventual equality in value. |
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| a system of transfers in which one party seeks to make a profit. |
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| exchange involving the least conscious sense of interest in material gain or thought of what might be received in return. |
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| something given with no expectation or thought of a return. |
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| an exchange of approximately equally valued goods or services, usually between people roughly equal in social status. |
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| a form of exchange that involves one person collecting goods or money from many members of a group, who then, at a later time and at a public event, "returns" the pooled goods to everyone who contributed. |
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| the buying and selling of commodities under competitive conditions in which the forces of supply and demand determine value. |
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| a formalized exchange of one thing for another according to set standards of value. |
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| Pastoralists are generally found in these areas. |
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semi arid, rocky steppes, high altitude
because plant crops do not grow well there |
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| In non-industrailized societies sedentary pastorialism is _____. |
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| regular movement over a large area in search of forage. |
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| the seasonal movement between lowland and upland pastures. summer = mountains; winter = lowlands |
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| virtually all nomadic pastoralists are organized in ________. |
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Of the same lineage or origin; having a common ancestor. |
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| How pastoral societies define wealth. |
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| size of herds and size of family. |
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| celebration of the first period of a girl in the Mbuti culture. "Flirt fest" eligible men have to get past the mothers to the girl's tent. |
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| Used to be imortal like the forest and relied only on the forest. Mbuti man accidentally killed an animal and to hide it he ate it and used all the other pieces for things. original sin made them mortal forever. |
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