ap human geography Rubinstein Chapter 10 KY1/2
Subject:
Human Geography [1]
Chapter 10 Notes
I. Key Issue 1
• Agriculture is deliberate modification of Earth’s surface through cultivation of plants and rearing of animals to obtain sustenance or economic gain. It originated when humans domesticated plants and animals forth their use.
• Cultivate means care for.
• Crop is any plant cultivated by people.
• Hunter and gatherers had to obtain food through hunting in order to survive. They lived in small groups with fewer than 50 people because a large number would quickly exhaust the available resources within walking distance.
• Men hunted and fished, women collected berries, nuts, and roots.
• Group traveled often with seasonal growth of plants.