Enst 201 Lecture 5Outline of Last Lecture I. Causes for population growthII. Demographic transitionIII. Life of hunter gatherers IV. Hunter-gather society vs. agricultural societyV. Fertility rates of Hunter-gatherers vs agricultural VI. Why did humans choose agriculture?Outline of Current Lecture I. Early AgricultureII. Extensive Agriculture Current LectureI. Early Agriculturea. Refer to as extensive agriculture- bring more land under cultivation to increase foodi. Intensive agriculture is where capital/labor is increased to get more food out of a unit of landb. Sentiment toward naturei. Exploiting nature ii. Nature is something to exploit for your own use iii. Control natureII. Extensive Agriculturea. Swidden Agriculture- found in poorer countries and near the equator i. Fertility of soil is very low or farmers cannot afford fertilizerii. Cut down vegetation that is growing These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.iii. After the cut down vegetation is dried it is then burned to let nutrients into soil1. Slash and burniv. The lengthen of the fallow cycle is a limit on Swidden
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