Flashcards for Patterns of Subsistence
Topic 6:  Comparisons
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The subsistence pattern that is least likely to result in a modification of the environment to increase the production of food.

foraging

The subsistence pattern that is most likely to result in a modification of the environment to increase the production of food.

intensive agriculture

The subsistence pattern that is most likely to result in societies that are egalitarian for most people.

foraging

The subsistence pattern that is least likely to result in societies that are egalitarian for most people. (Hint: egalitarian means equal in terms of economic and political rights.)

intensive agriculture

The subsistence pattern that usually requires the highest percentage of people in a society to be involved in subsistence activities.

foraging

The subsistence pattern that usually requires the lowest percentage of people in a society to be involved in subsistence activities.

intensive agriculture

The subsistence pattern that usually results in the highest human population density.

intensive agriculture

The subsistence pattern that usually results in the lowest human population density.

foraging

The subsistence pattern that is used by societies that have the most devastating epidemics of contagious diseases in terms of the percentage of people in a society who are affected.

intensive agriculture

The subsistence pattern that is used by societies that are most likely to undertake large-scale, prolonged warfare against other societies.

intensive agriculture

A term that means equal in terms of economic and political rights.

egalitarian